$25,000 Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: Cake:
2/3 c. Shortening
1½ c. Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
2½ c. White Flour
4½ tsp. Baking Powder
½ tsp. Salt
1¼ c. Milk
4 Egg Whites, whipped (Save egg yolks for frosting)
2 (1-oz.) Unsweetened Chocolate squares, grated
Frosting:
2 (1-oz.) Unsweetened Chocolate squares, melted
½ c. Sugar
¼ c. Water
4 saved Egg Yolks, beaten
½ c. Butter, softened
1 tsp. Vanilla
2½ c. Powdered Sugar
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Directions:Cake:
Mix shortening and sugar together.
Mix in flour, baking powder, salt, milk, and vanilla.
Beat 4 egg whites until stiff peaks form and fold into batter.
Grate squares of chocolate into 1 oz. portions.
In the first 9" round cake pan: spoon 1/4 of batter in pan. Then sprinkle 1 oz. of grated chocolate on the batter and swirl around with a knife. Repeat with 1/4 of batter again and sprinkle 1 oz. of grated chocolate on top of the batter and swirl again.
Repeat the above for the second 9" round cake pan.
Bake at 350º for 30 minutes. Cool.
Frosting:
In a double boiler, add chocolate, sugar, and water. Heat and stir until smooth.
Let cool completely.
Then add lightly beaten egg yolks, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
Mix until creamy. |
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Number Of
Servings:16 |
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Personal
Notes: Dad's favorite birthday cake.
The original recipe is a two-layer 9" cake. Mom has made it in three 8" pans and baked it for a shorter time. However, the frosting recipe 'as is' will be skimpy for a 3 layer cake. 2 layers is best.
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