chocolate delight cake
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A very delicious cake - made in an unusual way. The icing is made first in double batch and then divided - one half is reserved for the icing and the rest goes into the cake. This recipe dates from the 1960's.
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yield
12 - 15
prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For chocolate delight cake
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12 ounce cream cheese
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2 sticks butter - no substitute
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2 (1 lb. boxes) powdered sugar
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1 bar or 1 - 4 oz box german chocolate
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1/4 cup boiling water
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1/4 cup crisco shortening
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3 eggs
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2-1/4 cup all purpuse flour
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1 teaspoon soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 cup buttermilk
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2 teaspoon vanilla
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1 cup chopped pecans
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1 cup coconut
How To Make chocolate delight cake
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1Melt chocolate in boiling water - let cool. Mix with cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar Divide - save 1/2 of this mixture for the icing.
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2To the other half add eggs and Crisco shortening. Mix dry ingredients and add alternately to the mixture with the milk and vanilla.
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3Put in 3 - 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes or until tests done. Cool.
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4Mix nuts and coconut into reserved icing. Spread icing on cake.
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