Henderson Family Chocolate Cake
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup soft margarine
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 cup self-rising flour, sifted
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa, sifted
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Filling and Topping
- 1⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 1⁄2 ounces white chocolate or 3 1/2 ounces milk chocolate
- milk chocolate (optional) or white chocolate, melted (optional)
directions
- Lightly grease two shallow 7-inch cake pans.
- Place all the ingredients for the cake in a large mixing bowl and beat to form a smooth mixture.
- Divide the mixture between the two pans and level them off.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 325°F for 20 minutes or until it's springy.
- Cool for a few minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make filling beat the confectioners' sugar and butter together in a bowl until light and fluffy.
- Melt the chocolate and beat half into the frosting mixture.
- Use the filling to sandwich the cakes together.
- Spread the remaining melted cooking chocolate over the top of the cake.
- Pipe circles of contrasting melted milk or white chocolate and feather into the chocolate with a toothpick.
- Let it set before serving.
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