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Mother's Oh and Ah! Cake

Mother's Oh and Ah! Cake is built on Very Hot Water, Baking Soda, Granulated Sugar, Salt, and Cake Flour. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup
• 1 1/2 tsp
• 2 cup
• 1/2 tsp
• 2 1/2 cup
• 1 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/18/96

2. 2

   Grease and flour 1 (13-by-9-by-2 1/2-inch) pan or 3 (8-inch) cake pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3. 3

   Combine chocolate and hot water; stir until chocolate melts. Let cool, then add food coloring and baking soda.

4. 4

   Stir and set aside.

5. 5

   In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, salt, eggs and shortening until fluffy.

6. 6

   Mix in a third of the flour, then 1/3 cup sour cream; repeat twice.

7. 7

   Add chocolate mixture; beat about 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer.

8. 8

   Pour batter into prepared pans.

9. 9

   Bake about 45 minutes for 13-by-9-inch pan (less for cake pans), or until toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean.

10. 10

    Remove from pans and let cool on rack before frosting.