3-LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE Recipe

Ingredients

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• Cake: shopping list
• 1 cup cocoa shopping list
• 2 cups boiling water shopping list
• 1 cup butter, softened shopping list
• 2 1/2 cups sugar shopping list
• 4 eggs shopping list
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
• 2 tsp. baking soda shopping list
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder shopping list
• 1/2 tsp. salt shopping list
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla shopping list
• whipped cream filling (recipe below) shopping list
• frosting (recipe below) shopping list
• Combine cocoa and boiling water, stirring until smooth; set aside. Cream butter, gradually adding sugar; beating well at med. speed of electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, soda, baking powder, and salt in med. bowl; add to creamed mixture, beating at low speed of electric mixer, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla, do not over-beat. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9" round cake pans. Bake at 350 F degrees for 20-25 min. or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 min.; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread whipped cream filling between layers; spread frosting on top and sides. Refrigerate until ready to serve. One 3-layer cake. shopping list
• whipped cream filling shopping list
• 1 cup whipping cream shopping list
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract shopping list
• 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar shopping list
• Beat whipping cream and vanilla until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating until soft peaks form. Chill. makes 2 cups. shopping list
• frosting shopping list
• 1 (6oz) pkg. semisweet chocolate. morsels shopping list
• 1/2 cup half and half shopping list
• 3/4 cup butter shopping list
• 2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar shopping list
• Combine first 3 ingredients in heavy saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring until chocolate melts. Remove from heat; add powdered sugar, mixing well. Set saucepan in ice, and beat at low speed of electric mixer until frosting holds its shape and loses its gloss. Add a few more drops of half-and-half if needed to make spreading consistency. shopping list