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Basic Chocolate Cake

Date added: November 22, 2007

  • Servings: 2 change
  • Calories per serving: 1,821
  • Prep time: 20
  • Cook time: 30

Ingredients

  • 4 oz baking chocolate, bar, semi sweet chopped
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs, whole
  • 2 cup flour, cake, white, enrich, unsifted sifted
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder, continuous action
  • 3/4 tsp salt, table
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk, prep f/pwd w/wtr
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Recipe Method

Place chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate, mixing well. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt; add to chocolate mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Add water, mixing well. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES: Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin pans, filling each cup half full. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool on wire

Nutritional Facts

Per serving% Daily Value*
Calories 1,82191%
Fat 74g113%
Cholesterol 221mg74%
Sodium 1,054mg 44%
Carbohydrates 293g91%

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