Best Chocolate Cake With Caramel Icing
Created by dienia b on August 29, 2014
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #14068
Ingredients
- 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
How to Make
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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.
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Step 2: Sift dry ingredients. Add alternately with buttermilk that has vanilla and eggs beaten inches.
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Step 3: Bake in moderate oven 350 for 40 minutes or until done.
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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
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (253.8 g)
- Calories 760.7
- Total Fat - 22.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.6 g
- Cholesterol - 73 mg
- Sodium - 541.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 135.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.9 g
- Sugars - 101.6 g
- Protein - 8.4 g
- Calcium - 73.3 mg
- Iron - 1.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg