chocolate delight cake
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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prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
yield
12 - 15
Ingredients
- - 12 ounce cream cheese
- - 2 sticks butter - no substitute
- - 2 (1 lb. boxes) powdered sugar
- - 1 bar or 1 - 4 oz box german chocolate
- - 1/4 cup boiling water
- - 1/4 cup crisco shortening
- - 3 eggs
- - 2-1/4 cup all purpuse flour
- - 1 teaspoon soda
- - 1 teaspoon salt
- - 1 cup buttermilk
- - 2 teaspoon vanilla
- - 1 cup chopped pecans
- - 1 cup coconut
How To Make chocolate delight cake
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Step 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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Step 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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Step 3Put in 3 - 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes or until tests done. Cool.
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Step 4Mix nuts and coconut into reserved icing. Spread icing on cake.
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