Number 1 Top Chocolate Cake
If you think you've tasted the best of the best chocolate cake recipes out there, you've clearly never tried this recipe for Number 1 Top Chocolate Cake. Moist and fluffy chocolate cake topped with rich and creamy chocolate icing: there's nothing else that beats it. Expand your repertoire of chocolate dessert recipes by trying this sinfully good concoction.
Cooking Time20 min
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- FOR THE ICING:
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 cups sifted confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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Bring to a boil the 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1/2 cup shortening, water and 1/4 cup cocoa.
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Remove from heat and add flour, sugar, 1/2 cup milk and vinegar. Mix well.
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Add eggs, baking soda and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well until lumps are gone.
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Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
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To make the icing: Combine in saucepan 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, 4 tablespoons milk and cocoa.
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Bring to rolling boil. Remove from heat and add 3 cups confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth.
- Spread icing on cooled cake.
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Member 4309067
Aug 06, 2012
Looks like it would live up to what they said about it being delicious. I will give it a try. Thanks Recipe Lion.
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