Old Time Cocoa Fudge Cake with Fluffy White Icing or as some call it Seven Minute Frosting
1 2/3 cup Flour
1 1/2 c sugar
2/3 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Heat oven 350,
Grease pan,
Measure all ingredients, mix in large bowl on low scraping constantly.
Beat three minutes on high speed. Scrape bowl occasionally. Pour into pan/s
Bake 35-40 min for oblong… layers 30 minutes
Cool
Fluffy White Frosting aka SEVEN MINUTE FROSTING
2 egg whites
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tarter
1 Tbsp Light corn syrup
1/3 cup water
1 tsp vanilla
Combine egg whites sugar cream of tarter water syrup in top of double boiler.
Beat on high speed 1 minute. Place over HEAT and beat high speed 7 minutes
should see thick peaks…Remove pan from boiling water add vanilla
beat 2 minutes longer on high speed..
frost cake when cake is cool..
cake will be moist and fudgy inside…. DONE .. best eaten that day…
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