Old-Fashioned Yellow Cake With Chocolate Icing |
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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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When I first got married, my husband told me that his favorite cake was a simple yellow cake with chocolate icing. I wanted to make a birthday cake for him from scratch, and this was the result. He never would eat a box cake again! This is especially nice with a tall glass of milk. Ingredients:
1 cup vegetable shortening |
1 cup granulated sugar |
1 whole egg |
3 egg yolks |
1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour |
2 teaspoons baking powder |
1 pinch salt |
1/2 cup milk |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
3 egg whites |
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate |
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk |
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces |
1 egg yolk, beaten |
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla |
Directions:
1. To make cake, preheat oven to 350°F
2. In a large bowl, beat shortening until light.
3. Slowly beat in sugar.
4. Add egg and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
6. Add to batter in 3 parts, alternating with 3 parts milk.
7. Stir in vanilla.
8. Beat egg whites until stiff.
9. Fold into batter.
10. Pour batter into two buttered and floured 8-inch round cake pans.
11. Bake for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
12. Cool on a wire rack before icing.
13. To make icing, in top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate and stir in condensed milk. Beat until smooth.
14. Stir in butter, one piece at a time, stirring after each addition. Stir in egg yolk and vanilla. Beat until smooth and thick. (If the icing becomes too thick, thin with a little hot water.).
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