Recipe - Everybodys Favorite Chocolate Cake

3 Chocolate squares,unsweetene
2 One half cup Cake flour,sifted
2 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Butter,at room temperature
2 One half cup Brown sugar,firmly packed
3 Egg,at room temperature
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Sour cream
Three fourths cup Water,boiling

1. Preheat oven to 325'F.
2. Melt chocolate on a large square of aluminum foil
in a very low oven, bringing up edges of foil to
prevent spillage. Cool to room temperature.
3. Grease and flour an oblong shallow baking pan,
preferably glass, 12x8x2".
4. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt onto waxed paper
and set aside.
5. Beat butter in a large bowl until very light and
fluffy (easier with an electric mixer). Add brown
sugar and beat until very fluffy and no trace of
sugary "grittiness" remains. Add eggs and beat until
well blended, then stir in melted chocolate and
vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with sour
cream, beating after each addition with a wooden
spoon. Add boiling water and stir in well.
6. At this stage the batter will be thin. Pour at once
into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 3540
minutes, or until cake tests done. Turn out onto cake
rack and frost with ChocolatePeanut Butter Frosting
(recipe follows) or cut into squares and serve with
whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

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