Bess's Chocolate Cake (Freddi Michael)
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 4 Categories:
Cakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1/2
cup
Cocoa 1
cup
Hot water 1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1
teaspoon
Salt 3
tablespoons
Butter 2
Eggs 1 1/2
cups
Flour 1 1/3
cups
Sugar 2
teaspoons
Baking powder 1
teaspoon
Vanilla 1 1/2
cups
Sugar 1/2
cup
Hot water 1/4
teaspoon
Cream of tartar
pinch
Salt 2
Egg whites 2
teaspoons
Vanilla
Directions: 1.
In saucepan, combine cocoa, hot water, soda, salt, and butter and heat over mdm heat until butter melts, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool. Grease 2 layer cake pans. When mixture is cook, beat in the eggs. Sift together flour, sugar, and baking powder and add to chocolate mixture. Stir in vanilla. (Taste the batter! Sigh!) Pour into pans and bake 30-40 mins at 350 degrees.
2.
Place sugar, water, cream of tartar, salt, egg white, and vanilla in a lg bowl and beat on high speed wtih electric mixer until thick enough to spread. Lick the beaters and get frosting all over your face, hair, and ears. It's wonderful.
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