Recipe - Kathys Hot Water Chocolate Cake

2 cup Unbleached Flour; Sifted
One half cup Baking Cocoa
2 teaspoon Baking Soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Butter Or Regular Margarine
1 One half cup Sugar
2 lg Eggs
One half cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Boiling Water

FLUFFY CHOCOLATE FROSTING
2 ounce Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
3 cup Confectioners' Sugar; Sifted
1/3 cup Butter Or Margarine;Softened
3 tablespoon Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Sift the flour, coco, baking soda, and salt together, in a small bowl, and
set aside. Cream the butter and sugar, in a large mixing bowl, until light
and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Add the eggs, one
at a time, blending well after each addition. Blend in the milk and
vanilla. Stir the dry ingredients in, using an electric mixer set on low
speed, then gradually add the boiling water, stirring until smooth. Pour
the batter into a greased 13 X 9 X 2inch baking pan. Bake in a preheated
325 Degree F. oven for 35 minutes or until a cake tester or wooden pick
inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool, until cold to the
touch, in the pan or on a wire rack. Frost the cake with the Fluffy
Chocolate Frosting.

FLUFFY CHOCOLATE FROSTING:

Melt the chocolate, in a small saucepan, over low heat and set aside to
cool. Combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, milk, vanilla extract, and
melted chocolate together in a medium mixing bowl, beating until smooth and
of spreading consistency.

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