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Name: Chocolate Layer Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ts Baking soda; 2 Eggs; 2/3 c Buttermilk; 1/2 c Cocoa; 1 1/4 c Sugar; 2 ts Vanilla; 2 c Cake flour, sifted; 1/2 c Shortening; 1/2 c Water, boiling

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INGREDIENTS

1 ts Baking soda
2 Eggs
2/3 c Buttermilk
1/2 c Cocoa
1 1/4 c Sugar
2 ts Vanilla
2 c Cake flour, sifted
1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Water, boiling

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INSTRUCTIONS

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 : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust

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Chocolate Layer Cake

1 ts Baking soda
2 Eggs
2/3 c Buttermilk
1/2 c Cocoa
1 1/4 c Sugar
2 ts Vanilla
2 c Cake flour, sifted
1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Water, boiling

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    : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust

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Serving Size: 1 Cake (1537g)
Recipe Makes: 1 Cake

Calories: 4490
Calories from Fat: 1090 (24%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 121.2g	162 %
	Saturated Fat 44.9g	225 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 50.4g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 14.4g
Cholesterol 2159.8mg		665 %
Sodium 2343.4mg		81 %
Potassium 1244.3mg		33 %
Total Carbohydrate 797.8g		235 %
	Dietary Fiber 1.6g	6 %
	Sugars, other 796.2g
Protein 71.1g		102 %
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Calories per serving: 4490

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