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Best Chocolate Cake With Caramel Icing

Here's how you make Best Chocolate Cake With Caramel Icing
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 40m
  • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ICING
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar (white)
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons butter
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Mix 1/2 cup sugar with cocoa and shortening and water. Put in microwave melt shortening. Cool and add the rest of the sugar.

  • Step 2: Sift dry ingredients. Add alternately with buttermilk that has vanilla and eggs beaten inches.

  • Step 3: Bake in moderate oven 350 for 40 minutes or until done.

  • Step 4: For icing: cook the sugars flour salt and boiling water 5 minutes pour cream in and cook until soft ball stage. Remove and add butter and vanilla let cool and


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