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Best Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting

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Best Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting

GoldMedal Recipe by GoldMedal

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Prep Time

20min

Total Time

1hr15min

Servings

12servings

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Ingredients

  • Cake
  • 2  cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • 2  cups sugar
  • 1  teaspoon baking soda
  • 1  teaspoon salt
  • 1/2  teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2  cup shortening
  • 3/4  cup water
  • 3/4  cup buttermilk
  • 1  teaspoon vanilla
  • 4  oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted, cooled
  • 2  eggs
  • Fudge Frosting
  • 2  cups sugar
  • 1/2  cup shortening
  • 3  oz unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 2/3  cup milk
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt
  • 2  teaspoons vanilla

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan, two 9-inch round cake pans, or three 8-inch round cake pans. In large bowl, beat all cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).

  2. Bake rectangle 40 to 45 minutes, rounds 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool rectangle in pan on cooling rack. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely.

  3. In 2 1/2-quart saucepan, mix all frosting ingredients except vanilla. Heat to rolling boil, stirring occasionally. Boil 1 minute without stirring. Place saucepan in bowl of ice and water. Beat until frosting is smooth and spreadable; stir in vanilla. Frost rectangle or fill and frost layers with frosting.

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Tips & Notes

  • Substitution

    Rise to the occasion! If using self-rising flour, there is no need to add baking soda, salt or baking powder.

  • Variation

    If you love chocolate-covered cherries, try this: Bake the cake in 3 layers. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the frosting. Stir 1/4 cup finely chopped maraschino cherries into the remaining frosting; fill layers with cherry frosting. Frost cake with reserved frosting.

  • Variation

    Give the frosting a rocky road twist by folding mini marshmallows and chopped nuts into the frosting before spreading it on the cake.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving:
  • 620
  • 28g (Saturated Fat 10g)
  • 40mg
  • 450mg
  • 84g (Dietary Fiber 3g)
  • 6g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 2%
  • 0%
  • 6%
  • 12%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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star 9/10/09 by tlphete

I used butter instead of shortening, it makes it tastes richer!

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