Recipe: Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting

CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE WITH
CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING

FOR THE CAKE:
7 squares (1 oz each) unsweetened chocolate, divided use
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter or margarine, divided use
2 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
3 1/2 tsp vanilla, divided use
1 cup sour cream
1 cup boiling water
FOR THE CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING:
4 squares (1 oz each) unsweetened chocolate
1 lb powdered sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9x1 1/2-inch layer cake pans, tap out excess flour.

Melt 4 squares (4 oz) chocolate in small bowl over hot, not boiling water; cool.

Sift flour, baking soda and salt onto wax paper.

Beat 1/2 cup butter until soft in large bowl. Add brown sugar and eggs; beat with mixer at high speed for 5 minutes. Beat in 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and cooled melted chocolate.

Stir in dry ingredients alternately with sour cream, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition until batter is smooth. Stir in boiling water. (Batter will be thin.) Pour at once into prepared pans.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes. Cool layers in pans on wire rack 10 minutes; loosen around edges, with a small knife; turn out onto wire racks; cool completely.

TO PREPARE CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING:
Combine 3 squares (3 oz) chocolate and 1/2 cup butter in a small saucepan. Place over low heat, just until melted. Remove from heat.

Combine powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla in medium-size bowl; stir until smooth; add chocolate mixture. Set bowl in pan of ice and water; beat with wooden spoon until frosting is thick enough to spread and hold its shape.

Spread frosting on cooled cake.

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