Chocolate Cake Recipes

Ingredients

Cake:
1 cup granulated sugar
1-3/4 up cake flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 squares semisweet chocolate
5 ounce bottle maraschino cherries sliced
1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup sour milk
1 egg beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup pecans chopped

Frosting:
1-1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup water
1 tablespoon white corn syrup
2 unbeaten egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. Sift together sugar, flour, salt and soda.
2. Melt chocolate in some of the maraschino juice.
3. Add butter, milk, melted chocolate, egg and vanilla then mix thoroughly.
4. Add cherries and nuts.
5. Dust two cake pans with a mixture of flour and chocolate.
6. Divide batter between the two pans and bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
7. Fill the bottom of a double boiler with water and bring to a simmer.
8. Combine sugar, water, corn syrup and egg whites in the top of the double boiler.
9. Place the top portion of the double boiler over the bottom and beat the mixture with a rotary beater for 10 minutes or until peaks form.
10. Remove double boiler from heat and blend in vanilla.
11. Place one layer of the cooled cake onto a pedestal cake stand and cover with frosting.
12. Place other layer on top and anchor with toothpicks.
13. Ice it using all the frosting.

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