Recipe - Jack-O-Lantern Chocolate Cake

PATTI VDRJ67A
2 cup Cake Flour; sifted
1 teaspoon Soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Butter; or shortening
1 1/3 cup Brown sugar; firmly packed
3 Eggs; well beaten
4 ounce Unsweetened Chocolate; melt
2/3 cup Water

Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt, and sift together three
times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together
until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well; then chocolate and blend.
Add flour, alternately with water, a small amount at a time, beating after
each addition until smooth. Bake in two greased deep 9" layer pans in 350~
oven for 30 minutes, or until done. Use Halloween Frosting (See recipe)
Spread orange tinted frosting between layers, reserving about One fourth for
pumpkin decoration. Spread chocolate frosting on top and sides of,cake,
reserving sinall amount for decorating. Decorate top of cake with pumpkin
of orange tinted frosting. Outline eyes, nose, and mouth of
jacko'lantern face with chocolate frosting, using pastry tube or or a
small knife. Melted chocolate may be used for outlining jacko'lantern
faces.
Posted to EATL Digest 04 Sep 96

Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 21:22:57 0500

From: LD Goss ldgoss@METRONET.COM