Chocolate Greeting Card Cake

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Title: Chocolate Greeting Card Cake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 1 servings

1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
1 3/4 c Sugar
3/4 c Hershey's cocoa
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
3/4 ts Salt
2/3 c Butter or margarine;
-softened
16 oz Dairy sour cream
2 Eggs
1 ts Vanilla extract
One-bowl buttercream
-frosting:
6 tb Butter or margarine;
-softened
2 2/3 c Powdered sugar
1/3 c Hershey's cocoa
4 tb Milk; (4 to 5)
1 ts Vanilla extract
Decorating frosting
-(optional)
Colored sprinkles (optional)

Recipe by: www.hersheys.com
Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking
pan. In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa,
baking soda and salt. Add butter, sour cream, eggs and
vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 3 minutes.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or
until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool
10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.
Transfer cake to serving plate. Frost with ONE-BOWL
BUTTERCREAM FROSTING. Decorate cake to resemble greeting
card. 12 to 15 servings.

ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
In medium bowl, beat butter until creamy. Gradually add
sugar and cocoa alternately with milk and vanilla, beating
until of spreading consistency. About 2 cups frosting.JM
Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods
Corporation. Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the
Hershey Kitchens.

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