Cake
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- 2/3 cup soft butter
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/4 tsp. soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/4 cup ice water
Directions
Melt chocolate and set aside to cool. Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Blend in cooled chocolate. Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with ice water, beating well after each addition. Bake in 2 waxed paper-lined, 9 inch round pans at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes. Frost with Chocolate Fortune Frosting.
Chocolate Fortune Frosting
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp. hot water
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup soft butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Directions
Melt chocolate in mixing bowl over hot water. Remove from heat and blend in sugar and water. Beat in egg; add butter and vanilla. Frosting will be thin at this point, so place bowl in ice water and beat until it is of spreading consistency.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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