Hundred-Dollar Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

Hundred-Dollar Cake

Recipe By : Urban Legend
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup water
1 cup Miracle Whip®
2 teaspoons vanilla
Frosting:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter

Sift or stir dry ingredients together. Mix liquids well. Add to dry ingredient
s and mix. Bake 35 minutes at 350°F.

Boil frosting ingredients together 1 minute. Stir until partly cool. Add 2 te
aspoons vanilla.

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NOTES : Variations: 1. Increase soda to 2 teaspoons, omit baking powder, add
pinch salt, add 2 heaping tablespoons seedless blackberry jam. (Mrs. W. E. Am
os, Charleston Receipts)

2. Use commercial mayonnaise instead of Miracle Whip®; use 1 1/4 teaspoons
baki
ng powder; bake in two 9" layer pans. (Mrs. Kirk Lynch, Charleston Receipts)

3. Use 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon vanil
la. Use a 9" x 9" pan. For frosting, use 1-ounce square unsweetened chocolate
melted with 1 tablespoon shortening; stir in 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1/2
teaspoon vanilla, and boiling water to make of a spreading consistency. (Bette
r Homes and Gardens Heritage Cook Book)