My uncle just sent me the recipe for his ultimate chocolate cake. I am posting it here because I think you will all enjoy this. The laughter burns off the cake calories.
Bachelor's Cake and Gritty Fudge Frosting I call this recipe "Bachelor's Cake" because all of the chocolate in it should make a positive impression on females of any species. Ingredients 2 cups cake flour 2 Cups Brown Sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder ¾ teaspoon baking soda 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 ½ cups milk ½ cup corn oil 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 3 eggs 6 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled Directions 1.Sift flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder together. 2.One nanosecond of inattention and a sifter full of approximately 4 cups of combined dry ingredients, flour, brown sugar and cocoa powder lands on the kitchen floor in the gap between the kitchen counter and the refrigerator. The turbulence generated by that volume of falling powder causes some it to shoot out of the gap and blow across the kitchen floor. 3.(Aggravation sound effects) 4.Your first take is, just leave it. Who's gonna know? 5.There is already a precedent for ignoring spills in that no man's land between the kitchen counter and the refrigerator since as long as you've lived here. 6.In the event that you decide to clean it up, what would you use? A vacuum cleaner, right? 7.Wrong. 8.Now your vacuum cleaner is plugged up and does not work. 9.For future reference, the right answer is, sweep it up with a broom and use the vacuum to get the residue left behind from sweeping. 10.Throw vacuum in trash barrel in dramatic gesture of aggravation. 11.Your daughter appeals to your sense of reason. 12.Retrieve the vacuum cleaner from the trash before garbage pick-up day. 13.Dismantle vacuum cleaner and wash the parts in soapy water. 14.Spread parts on newspaper on kitchen table to dry. 15.Reassemble. 16.Throw away leftover light bulb. A lamp in a vacuum cleaner is of questionable value anyway. Like, you're not going to vacuum the rug cuz it's dark? I think not! 17.Now your vacuum works better than before! Dismantling your vacuum and washing the parts is recommended routine maintenance. 18.Oh yeah, the cake! 19.In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder. Add milk, oil and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed till combined. Add eggs and melted chocolate; beat 2 minutes more. 20.Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8½ x 1½ or 9 x 1½ square baking pans. 21.Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. 22.Return toothpick to box, it's clean. 23.Cool cakes on wire racks in pans to retain moisture. Remove cakes from the pans when cool. - end recipe - Frost with "Gritty Fudge Frosting" recipe below. Cake layers are separated by a frosting layer containing juicy apple slices. Gritty Fudge Frosting Ingredients 1/2 cups butter or margerine 4 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ¼ cup milk 1 tablespoons vanilla extract ½ crisp apple, peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick. Directions 1.In a bowl, beat butter or margarine till fluffy. 2.Beat the cocoa powder into the butter. 3.Gradually add 2 cups of the powdered sugar, beating well. 4.Slowly beat in the ¼ cup milk and vanilla 5.Slowly beat in the remaining powdered sugar. 6.What remaining powdered sugar??? You've already used up all the powdered sugar. It's gone. 7.How much powdered sugar does the recipe call for? 8.4 ½ cups??? Oy, that's a lotta powdered sugar! 9.Should you go back to the store for more powdered sugar? 10.Aw, forget it, you still have a cup of brown sugar left over from the cake. It'll ruin the texture of the frosting and you're still gonna be one cup sugar short but who's gonna know? 11.Just call it "Gritty Frosting." 12.Slowly beat in the brown sugar. 13.Beat in additional milk, if needed, to make a spreading consistency. 14.Frost top surface of bottom layer of 8½ or 9 inch cake with a thick coat of frosting. Press apple pieces into the frosting. Turn top layer of 8½ or 9 inch cake downside up and frost bottom surface of top layer with a thick coat of frosting. Turn top layer right side up and press frosted bottom surface into the apple pieces in the frosting on the top surface of the bottom layer. . . .know what i mean? 15. Frost cake's top and sides. - end recipe - ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Zo.u8A/lOaOAA/Zx0JAA/vzIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
