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Grandma Bastow's Skillet Cake
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Adding vanilla extract to the frosting.
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Cooling the cake.
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Place the cast iron pan into the oven.
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Adding vanilla to the batter.
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Slowly adding flour mixture to the pan alternating with milk.
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Flour, sugar, and baking soda sifted into a bowl.
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Adding eggs to the cooled butter and chocolate.
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Butter and chocolate stirred together.
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Skillet removed from the oven.
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Melting butter and chocolate in the oven.
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Butter and baking chocolate in a cast iron skillet.
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Grandma Bastow's skillet cake on a plate dusted with chocolate shavings.
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Shaving chocolate over frosted cake.
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Frosting the cooled cake.
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Cream added until desired consistency.
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Slowly adding additional cream.
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Adding remaining powdered sugar to the frosting.
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Adding two tablespoons of cream to the frosting.
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Mixing powdered sugar and butter.
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Inverting the cake onto a plate.
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Using a spatula to loosen the bottom of the cake.
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Loosening the edges of the cake with a knife.
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A slice of Grandma Bastow's skillet cake on a plate.
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This cake is called a skillet cake because it bakes in an iron skillet !