Desserts
Difficulty Rating – 4
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Submitted by: SusanJean52
- 2 cup Cake flour; sifted
2 tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Salt
½ cup Butter
1 ¼ cup Sugar
2 each Eggs; unbeaten
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda and salt and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Add melted chocolate and blend. Add flour alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven, 350 deg. F., 30 minutes. Spread Golden Cream Filling (see recipe below) between layers and Chocolate Fluff Frosting (see recipe below) over cake.
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Golden Cream Filling
- ½ cup Sugar
3 Tbsp Cake flour
1/4 tsp Salt
1 ½ cup Milk
2 each Egg yolks; slightly beaten
1 tsp Vanilla
Combine sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler. Add milk gradually, mixing thoroughly. Place over boiling water and cook 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour small amount of mixture over egg yolks, stirring vigorously; return to double boiler and cook 2 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Add vanilla. Cool. Makes enough filling to spread between two 9-inch layers.
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Chocolate Fluff Frosting
- 4 TBSP butter
1 1/2 cups confectioners. sugar; sifted & divided in half
1 tsp vanilla
3 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/4 tsp Salt
2 egg whites
Cream butter; add ¾ cup sugar and blend. Add vanilla chocolate and salt and mix well.
Separately, Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Add ¾ cup sugar, 2 or 3 tablespoons at a time, beating after each addition until blended. Continue beating until mixture stands in peaks. Add to chocolate mixture, folding only enough to blend. Makes enough frosting to cover top of one 9-inch layer and sides of two 9-inch layers.
