"This beautiful cake, layered with pecans and chocolate, looks as if it came straight from the gourmet bakery down the street. Created by Lois Kanago of Webster, South Dakota, it garnered the Grand Prize in 1953...."
INGREDIENTS
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1 cup chopped pecans
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2 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
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1 1/2 cups sugar
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4 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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2/3 cup shortening
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1 1/4 cups milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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4 egg whites
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2 oz. semisweet chocolate, grated
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1/2 cup sugar
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2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
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1/4 cup water
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1/2 cup shortening
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
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1 to 2 tablespoons water