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Hundred Dollar Cake With Buttercream Icing

Here's how you make Hundred Dollar Cake With Buttercream Icing
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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 35m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • BUTTERCREAM ICING
  • 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 pound butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
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: Sift together twice the 2 cups flour, sugar, cocoa, baing powder and baking soda (just once if using pre-sifted flour).

  • Step 2: Add the cold water, mayonnaise and vanilla and blend well.

  • Step 3: Pour into two greased and floured 8" round layer cake pans.

  • Step 4: Bake at 350° 25-35 minutes

  • Step 5: Let cool.

  • Step 6: Make the icing: Cook the flour with the milk, stirring constantly until very thick and smooth.

  • Step 7: Allow to cool slightly.

  • Step 8: Blend the butter, shortening and salt together.

  • Step 9: When the milk mixture has cooled, add it to the butter mixture and beat at high speed 10 minutes.

  • Step 10: Use to frost cake.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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