INGREDIENTS
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1/2 Cup Cocoa
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3/4 Cup boiling Water
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1 teaspoon Salt
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1 3/4 Cup Sugar
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1 3/4 Sifted Cake Flour
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1 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
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8 Eggs, separated
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1/2 Cup Oil
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2 teaspoons Vanilla
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1 teaspoon cream of tartar
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Frosting:
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½ Cup Butter, softened
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2 2/3 Cup Sifted Powdered Sugar
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1/3 Cup half and half (can use milk or whip cream)
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1/3 Cup Cocoa
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1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
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Cream the butter; blend in cocoa, vanilla, sugar alternately with the cream.
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Beat with mixer until smooth and creamy. Cover the cake, not your fingers, and you are almost done.
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Melt 2-1 oz. squares of unsweetened chocolate with 2 tbsps. butter. Drizzle this over the top of the cake in your own manner.