• Independence Day Chocolate Cake

    From digimaus@618:618/1 to All on Fri Jun 12 23:47:39 2026
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    Title: Independence Day Chocolate Cake
    Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
    Yield: 1 Servings

    1/2 c Hershey's cocoa
    1/2 c Boiling water
    2/3 c Shortening
    1 1/2 c Sugar
    1 ts Vanilla extract
    2 Eggs
    2 c All-purpose flour
    1 1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
    1 1/3 c Buttermilk or sour milk*
    1 Ready-to-spread creamy
    -vanilla
    Frosting/or 2 cans/ 16 oz
    Blue food color
    2 c Fresh strawberries
    Cut into pieces

    Recipe by: www.hersheys.com 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour
    15-1/2x10-1/2x1-inch jelly roll pan. 2. In small bowl, stir together
    cocoa and water until smooth. In large bowl, beat shortening, sugar,
    vanilla and eggs. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add
    alternately with buttermilk to shortening mixture. Stir in cocoa
    mixture. Spread batter into prepared pan. 3. Bake 28 to 30 minutes or
    until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on
    wire rack. 4. Remove about 3/4 cup frosting; add food color to 1/2
    cup frosting to tint desired shade of blue. Set aside the blue
    frosting and about 1/4 cup vanilla frosting. 5. Spread remaining
    vanilla frosting over top of cake. Spread blue frosting in upper left
    corner. Pipe stars in blue field with reserved 1/4 cup vanilla
    frosting. Shortly before serving, place strawberries in seven rows to
    represent red stripes of flag. About 15 servings. * To sour milk: Use
    2 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to equal 2/3 cup.JM Hershey's is a
    registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation. Recipe may be
    reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.

    Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #136 by novmom@juno.com (Angela
    Gilliland) on May 16, 1997

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