This chocolate cake is pretty good, but it is FANTASTIC for cutting and shaping into different shapes. I got this recipe from the book Birthday Cakes for Kids. I will be sharing several cakes from this book as well as several recipes for cakes, and frostings.
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Chocolate Cake Recipe
Cuisine: Cake
This cake is GREAT for carving and shaping for birthday cakes.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350. Grease and flour cake pan or grease and line with waxed paper. Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Stir in sugar. Add shortening. Gradually beat in water at low speed with electric mixer until combined. Stir in Vanilla. Beat at high speed 2 minutes. Add eggs; beat 2 minutes. Pour into prepared cake pan and bake as directed until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pans, invert into wire rack, remove waxed paper and cool completely.
- one 13×9 35-40 minutes
- ten inch Bundt 45-50 minutes
- two 9 inch cakes 35-40 minutes
- two 8 inch sqaures 30-35 minutes
- three 8 inch rounds 20-25 minutes
- eight large 4 inch cupcakes 35-40 minutes
- twenty four medium cupcakes 20-25 minutes
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