2 c Unbleached Flour; Sifted
1/2 c Baking Cocoa
2 ts Baking Soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter Or Regular Margarine
1 1/2 c Sugar
2 lg Eggs
1/2 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla Extract
1 c Boiling Water
———————-FLUFFY CHOCOLATE FROSTING———————-
2 oz Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
3 c Confectioners’ Sugar; Sifted
1/3 c Butter Or Margarine;Softened
3 tb Milk
1 ts Vanilla Extract
Sift the flour, coco, baking soda, and salt together,
in a small bowl, and set aside. Cream the butter and
sugar, in a large mixing bowl, until light and fluffy,
using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Add the
eggs, one at a time, blending well after each
addition. Blend in the milk and vanilla. Stir the dry
ingredients in, using an electric mixer set on low
speed, then gradually add the boiling water, stirring
until smooth. Pour the batter into a greased 13 X 9 X
2-inch baking pan. Bake in a preheated 325 Degree F.
oven for 35 minutes or until a cake tester or wooden
pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out
clean. Cool, until cold to the touch, in the pan or on
a wire rack. Frost the cake with the Fluffy Chocolate
Frosting.
FLUFFY CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
Melt the chocolate, in a small saucepan, over low heat
and set aside to cool. Combine the confectioners’
sugar, butter, milk, vanilla extract, and melted
chocolate together in a medium mixing bowl, beating
until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Yields
16 Servings