Recipe: 00009 Title : Basic Chocolate Cake Author: Date : April 1995 _________________________________________________________________________ MMMMM----- Recipe via UNREGISTERED Meal-Master (tm) v8.02 Title: Basic Chocolate Cake Categories: Cakes, Desserts Yield: 12 servings 1/2 c Butter, softened 2 c Sugar 3 Eggs 1 1/2 t Vanilla extract 3 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate ,melted and cooled 2 c Sifted cake flour 2 t Baking soda 1/2 t Salt 1 c Sour cream 1 c Boiling water Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 2, 9-inch round cake pans; dust pans with flour. Cream butter and sugar together in large bowl. Add eggs; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and chocolate. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together into separate bowl. Alternately add flour mixture and sour cream to butter mixture; beat well after each addition. Stir in boiling water; batter will be thin. Pour batter into prepared pans; bake for 35 minutes. Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack; cool completely before frosting as desired. Source: Creative Cooking: Desserts, page 3 MMMMM -=-=-=-=-=- _________________________________________________________________________