Best Fudge Cake

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Title: Best Fudge Cake
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 10 servings

3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
-squares
1/2 c Butter or margarine;
-softened
2 1/4 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
3 Eggs
1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract
2 1/4 c Cake flour; sifted
2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
8 oz Commercial sour cream
1 c Boiling water
Whipped cream filling
; see recipe for
Chocolate mocha frosting
; see recipe for

Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:25
Place chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a
boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Set
aside to cool. Cream softened butter; gradually add sugar,
beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add
eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add
chocolate and vanilla; mix just until blended. Combine
flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately
with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixure.
Stir in boiling water. (Batter will be thin.) Pour batter
into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans. Bake at
350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10
minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire
racks.

Split cake layers in half horizontally to make 4 layers.
Spread Whipped Cream Filling between layers; spread
Chocolate Mocha Frosting on top and sides of cake.
Refrigerate until ready to serve. Yield: one 4-layer cake.

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