An Arda Recipe Book

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Baggins’ Birthday Cake & Frosting

Two-Layer Round Cake:

• 2 ¼ cups cake and pastry flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 2 ¼ cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 squares unsweetened chocloate, melted and cooled
• 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup boiling water

Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Cream butter. Gradually add brown sugar and continue beating for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate and vanilla. Alternately blend in flour mixture and sour cream, 1/3 at a time on low speed of electric mixer. Add boiling water; blend well. (Batter will be thin.) Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch layer pans. Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes, or until cake tester inserted into centre comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove and finish cooling on racks.

Frosting:

• 5 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 3 cups icing sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup hot water
• 1 egg

Combine chocolate, icing sugar, butter, hot water, and egg. Blend; then beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes. Chill until of spreading consistency.