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Everybody's favorite chocolate cake
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Cakes, Chocolate, Desserts |
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Ingredients:
| 3
| | Chocolate squares, unsweetene 2 ?c Brown sugar, firmly packed | | 2 1/2
| cup | Cake flour, sifted | | 2
| tsp | Baking soda | | 1/2
| tsp | Salt | | 1/2
| cup | Butter, at room temperature | | 3
| | Egg, at room temperature | | 1 1/2
| tsp | Vanilla | | 1
| cup | Sour cream | | 3/4
| cup | Water, boiling |
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Procedures:
| 1 | Preheat oven to 325°F.?Melt chocolate on a large square of aluminum foil in a very low oven, bringing up edges of foil to prevent spillage. | | 2 | Cool to room temperature.?Grease and flour an oblong shallow baking pan, preferably glass, 12x8x2".?Sift flour, baking soda, and salt onto waxed paper and set aside.?Beat butter in a large bowl until very light and fluffy (easier with an electric mixer). | | 3 | Add brown sugar and beat until very fluffy and no trace of sugary "grittiness" remains. | | 4 | Add eggs and beat until well blended, then stir in melted chocolate and vanilla. | | 5 | Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream, beating after each addition with a wooden spoon. | | 6 | Add boiling water and stir in well.?At this stage the batter will be thin. | | 7 | Pour at once into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, or until cake tests done. | | 8 | Turn out onto cake rack and frost with chocolate-peanut butter frosting (recipe follows) or cut into squares and serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. |
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