Ingredients
1 stephen ceideburg
2 oz unsweetened chocolate
1/4 lb butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 cup cake flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup ice water
1 portsmouth frosting
5 tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tbsp vanilla or rum
5 cup powdered sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an lightly flour two 8-inch
round cake pans.
Melt the chocolate in a small bowl over simmering water; set aside to
Cool.
Cream the butter; slowly beat in the sugar, and beat until light. Add
the eggs and the vanilla, mixing well. Add the chocolate and combine
thoroughly.
Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the butter
mixture and blend. Add the ice water and beat until smooth.
Divide batter between prepared pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or
until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the center of
each cake. Cool in pans for 6 minutes, then turn out of pans and cool
on racks. Frost with Portsmouth Frosting. PER SERVING: 590 calories,
4 g protein, 98 g carbohydrate, 22 g fat (13 g saturated), 93 mg
cholesterol, 374 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
PORTSMOUTH FROSTING Mix together the butter, cream and vanilla in a
bowl. Slowly beat in the sugar until thick and creamy and easy to
spread.
Use to fill and frost Peerless Chocolate Cake.
Yields about 2 cups.
Marion Cunningham writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, 3/24/93.
Posted by Stephen Ceideburg
Servings: 8 servings
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