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Great Chocolate Cake (& Strawberry Shortcake

Great Chocolate Cake (& Strawberry Shortcake comes together with Boiling Water, Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, and Unsifted Cake Flour. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

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Ingredients

• 2 cup
• 1 cup
• 2 1/2 cup
• 2 tsp
• 2 1/3 cup
• 2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 1 cup
• 2 tbsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 2 oz

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Mix cocoa with boiling water, stirring with wire whip until smooth.

2. 2

   Cool in refrigerator while preparing other ingredients.

3. 3

   In large mixer bowl, beat butter with sugar, eggs, and vanilla on high speed 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Sift flour with baking soda, baking powder and salt.

5. 5

   On low speed, add dry ingredients alternately with cocoa and liquid, starting and ending with flour. (Do not overbeat.) Divide batter into 2 round pans (9 x 1 1/2") lined with buttered waxed paper.

6. 6

   Bake at 350~ for 30-35 minutes or until cake tests dry with a toothpick.

7. 7

   Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove cake and cool on racks.

8. 8

   Use 1 layer of cake for Great

9. 9

   Strawberry Chocolate Shortcake dessert.

10. 10

    The second layer may be frozen for other great chocolate desserts- or the 2 layers may be frosted together.

11. 11

    For shortcake: Whip cream with powdered sugar and vanilla.

12. 12

    Spread over top of 1 layer of cake.

13. 13

    Arrange fresh strawberries on top.

14. 14

    Melt chocolate and drizzle over berries.

15. 15

    Chill to firm chocolate.