Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 1/2 c Cake flour, sifted
1 1/4 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
2/3 c Butter or margarine,
-softened
1 3/4 c Sugar
2 ea Eggs, unbeaten
2 1/2 ea 1-oz squares unsweetened
-chocolate, melted and
-cooled
1 1/4 c Ice water
1 ts Vanilla
HUNGARIAN FROSTING:
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate,
-melted
1 1/2 c Confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 1/2 tb Hot water
1 Egg
4 tb Butter or margarine

Sift together flour, soda and salt. Cream butter or margarine in
large bowl of electric mixer. Gradually add sugar; beat until light
and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
addition. Blend in melted chocolate. Add sifted dry ingredients
alternately with ice water. Add vanilla. Pour batter into two 9 inch
layer cake pans that have been greased and floured. Bake in a 350
degree F. oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Frost with Hungarian Frosting
(below).

Hungarian Frosting: Combine chocolate, sugar and water in small bowl
of electric mixer; blend well. Add egg and beat well. Add butter or
margarine, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until smooth. This cake
and frosting will freeze.

Source: Florence P. Hanford's Television Kitchen Meals, 1964.

NOTE: This frosting calls for use of raw egg which may pose a health
problem. Any other favorite frosting recipe could be substituted.

Shared by: June Hoffman, 9/93

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