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Ingredients
- Frosting:
- 1/2 pound butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup shortening, room temperature
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 (1-ounce) squares chocolate
- 1 (1-pound) box confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Evaporated milk
Preparation
Step 1
1. For the cake, heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube
pan.
2. Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar and beat well. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each. Sift together the flour, baking powder,
salt and cocoa. Combine milk and vanilla. Alternately add dry
ingredients and milk mixture to the creamed mixture.
3. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes (or just
until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.) Place on a
wire rack and cool to room temperature.
4. For the frosting, melt the butter and chocolate. Add sugar and vanilla.
Gradually stir in just enough evaporated milk to achieve a spreadable
consistency. Frost the cake.