St. Sam's and St. Bede's Recipe Pages
                Bon Appetit!
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Cut and come again Chocolate Cake
                 
INGREDIENTS FOR CAKE:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups fine sugar
1 cup butter
4 tablespoons drinking chocolate
1 cup water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 
INGREDIENTS FOR FROSTING:
 1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons drinking chocolate
5 tablespoons buttermilk
4 cups (1 lb) icing sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup walnuts, chopped,  you can of course use other types of nuts!
 
TO PREPARE THE CAKE:
 
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Sift  flour and sugar together.  put to one side.

Place butter, cocoa and water to in a sucepan and just bring to boil, 
  (do not allow to over cook) then pour into sugar and flour mixture. Mix thoroughly.
Add the rest of the cake ingrdients and mix well.
 
Line a 9 x 13 inch baking tray and pour mixture in.
Bake 25 minutes at 400 degrees or until meat skewer pricked into center of cake comes out clean.

TO MAKE UP THE FROSTING

Place butter, cocoa and buttermilk into saucepan andbring to boil.(Again don't overcook)
Remove from heat. Add remaining ingreians and beat quickly until thoroughly blended.
Spread over cooled cake while frosting is still warm.

Serves aprox 18-22, more if you cut it really smalll and the cat (or dog) don't get in first .   
Warning keep away from kids and parishoners

John nz
From: john
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 
Subject: Re: Wash DC Listsib gathering--Tony H.