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Great Chocolate Cake (& Strawberry Shortcake Variation)

Great Chocolate Cake (& Strawberry Shortcake Variation) is a cakes recipe made with Boiling Water, Butter, Sugar, Eggs, and Vanilla. Serves 8. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredienti

• 2 cup
• 1 cup
• 2 1/2 cup
• 4
• 2 tsp
• 2 1/3 cup
• 2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp

Preparazione (anteprima)

1. 1

   Strawberries 2 oz Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet

2. 2

   DIRECTIONS: Mix cocoa with boiling water, stirring with wire whip until smooth. 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-F for 30 to 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 Strawberry Chocolate

9. 9

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

10. 10

    For shortcake: Whip cream with powdered sugar and vanilla.

11. 11

    Spread over top of 1 layer of cake.

12. 12

    Arrange fresh strawberries on top.

13. 13

    Melt chocolate and drizzle over berries.

14. 14

    Chill to firm chocolate.