*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                           CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1 1/4   c            Sugar
     1/2   c            Cocoa
     1/2   c            Water, boiling
     1/2   c            Shortening
   2                    Eggs
   2       ts           Vanilla
   2       c            Cake flour, sifted
   1       t            Baking soda
     2/3   c            Buttermilk

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Combine about 1/2 cup
  sugar with cocoa and boiling water, and cook over a
  low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is
  glossy.  Cool.
  
  Cream the shortening and eggs with the remaining
  sugar.  Add the cocoa mixture and the vanilla. Add the
  dry ingredients and the buttermilk alternately.
  
  Bake in 2 greased layer pans at 350 degrees F. for
  30-35 minutes.  You can also make this as a
  single-layer cake.  Just bake it a few minutes longer,
  as it is thicker.
  
  NOTES:
  
  *  A moist 2-layer chocolate layer cake; this was our
  wedding cake.  Yield: serves 8.
  
  *  Frost the cake with your favorite frosting; we used
  chocolate mousse filling.
  
  : Difficulty:  easy.
  : Time:  30 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking and
  cooling and frosting. : Precision:  measure the
  ingredients.
  
  : Aviva Garrett
  : Santa Cruz, CA
  : Excelan, Inc., San Jose, California, USA
  : {sun,3comvax}!excelan!aviva
  
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