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      Title: Chocolatetown Special Cake
 Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 1 servings
 
    1/2 c  Hershey's cocoa
           Or hershey's european style
           -cocoa
    1/2 c  Boiling water
    2/3 c  Shortening
  1 3/4 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla extract
      2    Eggs
  2 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
  1 1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
  1 1/3 c  Buttermilk or sour milk*
           One-bowl buttercream
           -frosting
           =(recipe follows)
 
  Recipe by: www.hersheys.com
  Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour two
  9-inch round baking pans. In small bowl, stir together
  cocoa and water until smooth. In large mixer bowl, beat
  shortening, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add
  eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt;
  add to shortening mixture alternately with buttermilk,
  beating until well blended. Add cocoa mixture; beat well.
  Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or
  until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool
  10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool
  completely. Frost with One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting. 8 to
       10    servings.
  
  * To sour milk: Use 4 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to
  equal 1-1/3 cups.
  One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting:
  6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
    2-2/3    cups powdered sugar
  1/2 cup Hershey's Cocoa or Hershey's European Style Cocoa
      1/3    cup milk
  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  In small mixer bowl, beat butter. Add powdered sugar and
  cocoa alternately with milk; beat to spreading consistency
  (additional milk may be needed). Blend in vanilla. About 2
  cups frosting. JMHershey's is a registered trademark of
  Hershey Foods Corporation. Recipe may be reprinted courtesy
  of the Hershey Kitchens.
 
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