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Chocolate Cake with White Frosting Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups Flour
2 cups Sugar
1 tsp Salt
2/3 cups Cocoa
3/4 cup Shortening
3/4 cup Milk
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 cup Milk
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla

White Frosting
2 1/2 TBLS Sugar
1/2 TBLS Water
2 1/3 cup Conf Sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup Shortening
1 tsp Vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Beat flour, sugar, salt, cocoa, shortening and milk together. Add baking soda and baking powder. Add milk, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Pour into floured pan and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Frosting:
Boil together sugar and water till syrup. Combine conf. sugar and egg beat together. Add syrup, shortening and vanilla. Beat until fluffy.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Of all of Gram's recipes, this was one of the most difficult to figure out. For the frosting she had written 4 1/2 tblsp sugar and also 2 1/2 tblsp, I went with 2 1/2 tblsp because of the water ratio. The recipe calls for an egg in the frosting but because this is a white frosting, I would assume it's just the egg white. When I would watch Gram make the syrup for the frosting, I remember her saying the syrup was ready when you can take the spoon and when lifting it up, it looks like a piece of thread going from the spoon to the pan. This was always made in a 9x13 pan. If you can figure this recipe out, it's a winner! Good luck!

 

 

 

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