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Grandma's Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/4 flour
1/2 cup cocoa
2 tsp soda
1 cup hot water

Glossy Frosting

2 cups sugar
6 Tbs cornstarch
2 cups water
4 squares semi-sweet chocolate
2 tbs butter
1 tea vanilla
Directions:
Directions:


Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare two 9-inch cake pans by spraying with baking spray or buttering and lightly flouring.
For the chocolate cake:
Add flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk through to combine or, using your paddle attachment, stir through flour mixture until combined well.
Add shorteningl, eggs, and vanilla to flour mixture and mix together on medium speed until well combined. Reduce speed and carefully add hot water to the cake batter until well combined.
Distribute cake batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center of the chocolate cake comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes, remove from the pan and cool completely.

While cake cooling, mix sugar cornstarch, water and semi-sweet chocolate to a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until thickened and then remove from the heat. Add butter and vanilla and let cool to slightly warm to frost this delicious cake
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
frosting the cake while hot will make the cake very moist, but trying to frost too soon will make the layers slide a part!! More than once I have saved a cake layer from sliding off on to the floor.

 

 

 

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