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Edith’s Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• 3 cups cake flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 tbsp. cocoa
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 ½ tsp. salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 ½ cups water
• 2/3 cup Mazola oil
• 2 tbsp. vinegar
• 2 tsp. vanilla

Frosting:

• 2 cups butter, room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 jar marshmallow crème

Sift together three times in a bowl flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Combine in a separate bowl: 1 1/2 cups water, 2/3 cup Mazola oil, 2 tbsp. vinegar and 2 tsp. vanilla. Stir and add dry mixture all at once. Stir mixture long enough that dry ingredients are dissolved. Pour into 10 x 14 inch pan or two 9 inch round pans, ungreased. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Cool in pans. Remove when cake is cool. We doubled this recipe for our wedding cakes.

For the frosting: In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Beat in half of the powdered sugar. Add the remaining powdered sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and stir in the marshmallow crème until well blended. Frost the cakes and decorate as desired.

Tested in the THASC kitchen. Photo by THASC.

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