posted by Suzanna 03-17-99 4:27 PM
Milk Chocolate Cake
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1/4 cup sugar
3 tbs water
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten, but not dry
Preheat oven to 350
Melt chocolate
Add sugar and water, and blend
Set aside
Thoroughly cream butter and sugar
Beat in egg yolks
Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla
Sift dry ingredients together and
Stir into chocolate mixture alternately with milk
Fold in beaten egg whites
Pour batter into three 9 inch wax paper-lined cake pans
Bake about 20 minutes
The recipe says to frost with a chocolate butter cream frosting, but I prefer:
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 box powder sugar
1 square unsweetened chocolate
1 tsp vanilla
Melt chocolate
Beat cream cheese until smooth
Add powdered sugar, beat until smooth
Add melted chocolate and vanilla
Frost cooled cake
This is a light color frosting that matches the cake.