Chocolate Death Cake

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Title: Chocolate Death Cake
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 16 servings

Cake:
2 c Cake flour
2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter or margarine
2 c Sugar
3 lg Eggs
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
3 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate
Melted and cooled
1 c Sour cream
1 c Water; boiling
Filling:
1/2 c Butter or margarine
12 oz Caramels
1 cn Sweetened condensed milk

Grease and flour a 9x13" pan. Set aside. Sift together cake
flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Beat butter and
sugar together in large mixing bowl. Blend in the eggs and
beat until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and melted
chocolate. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the
sour cream, beating well after each addition. Stir in the
boiling water. Batter will be thin. Pour half of the batter
into the prepared cake pan. Bake at 350~ for 10-12 minutes
until firm to the touch.

Meanwhile, prepare filling by mixing butter, caramels and
condensed milk in a suacepan and melt over low heat,
stirring often. When melted, pour the mixture over the
half-baked cake. Pour remaining cake batter over the
caramel mixture and return to oven. Bake 15-20 minutes or
until firm to the touch. Cool and frost OR serve with
whipped cream OR a la mode.

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