Starlight Double Delight Cake
by RetroRuth | Sep 22, 2019 |
From the Pillsbury Bake-Off Book, 1951
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Chocolate Frosting
6 oz cream cheese
½ cup shortening
½ tsp vanilla
½ tsp mint flavoring
6 cups sifted powdered sugar
¼ cup hot water
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
Cake
¼ cup shortening
3 eggs
2 ¼ cups sifted flour
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
¾ cup milk
Chocolate Frosting
1Cream cream cheese, shortening, vanilla and mint flavoring. Blend well. Blend half of powdered sugar into cream cheese mixture. Add hot water alternately with the rest of the powdered sugar.
2Melt chocolate and cool slightly. Mix into cream cheese mixture until smooth.
Cake
3Combine additional shortening with 2 cups of the chocolate frosting; mix thoroughly. Blend in eggs, one at a time. Beat for one minute.
4Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Add dry mixture to cake batter alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend thoroughly after each addition. If using electric mixer, use low speed.
5Pour mixture into two well-greased and lightly floured 9-inch round layer pans. Bake in 350-degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until done. Cool; frost with remaining chocolate frosting.
6If desired, the cake may be baked in a 9x13 inch pan for 45 to 55 minutes.
Ingredients
Chocolate Frosting
6 oz cream cheese
½ cup shortening
½ tsp vanilla
½ tsp mint flavoring
6 cups sifted powdered sugar
¼ cup hot water
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
Cake
¼ cup shortening
3 eggs
2 ¼ cups sifted flour
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
¾ cup milk
Directions
Chocolate Frosting
1Cream cream cheese, shortening, vanilla and mint flavoring. Blend well. Blend half of powdered sugar into cream cheese mixture. Add hot water alternately with the rest of the powdered sugar.
2Melt chocolate and cool slightly. Mix into cream cheese mixture until smooth.
Cake
3Combine additional shortening with 2 cups of the chocolate frosting; mix thoroughly. Blend in eggs, one at a time. Beat for one minute.
4Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Add dry mixture to cake batter alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend thoroughly after each addition. If using electric mixer, use low speed.
5Pour mixture into two well-greased and lightly floured 9-inch round layer pans. Bake in 350-degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until done. Cool; frost with remaining chocolate frosting.
6If desired, the cake may be baked in a 9x13 inch pan for 45 to 55 minutes.
Starlight Double Delight Cake
AuthorRetroRuth