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Ingredients
| cake flour: 2 cups (sifted) |
| baking soda: 1 1/2 tsp |
| salt: 1 tsp |
| cream cheese: 6 oz |
| shortening - vegetable: 1/2 cup |
| vanilla extract: 2 tsp |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 6 cups (sifted) |
| water: 1/4 cup (hot) |
| unsweetened baking chocolate squares: 4 oz |
| shortening - vegetable: 1/4 cup |
| eggs: 3 (large) |
| 2% milk: 3/4 cup |
| 2% milk: 1 Tbl |
Cream Cheese Chocolate Cake
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Servings
12 serving(s)
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- Sift the cake flour, baking soda, and salt together and set aside.
- Combine cream cheese, 1/2 c shortening and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
- Beat, with an electric mixer set on high, until light and fluffy.
- Add confectioners' sugar alternately with hot water and chocolate (melted and cooled to room temperature) to cream cheese mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Blend until smooth.
- Remove 2 cups of the chocolate mixture and cover with plastic wrap.
- Reserve for frosting.
- Blend 1/4 cup shortening into remaining chocolate mixture.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with 1/4 cup of milk, beating well after each addition.
- Spread batter in 2 greased and waxed paper lined 9-inch round cake pans.
- Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for 35 minutes or until cakes test done.
- Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans; cool completely on racks.
- Blend 1 T milk into the reserved chocolate mixture for frosting.
- Place one layer on serving plate and spread with frosting.
- Top with second layer and frost sides and top with remaining frosting.