Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Dobash Frosting
1 c. butter or margarine
3 c. flour (cake)
2 tsp. soda
4 sq. unsweetened chocolate
2 c. water
2-1/2 c. sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time. Melt chocolate squares in hot water and let it cool. Sift dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients alternately with chocolate-water mixture, ending with dry ingredients. Bake in 350 degree oven for 50 minutes. Frost with Chocolate Dobash Frosting.
CHOCOLATE DOBASH FROSTING:
1-1/2 c. water
1 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. cocoa or 2 sq. chocolate
1/3 c. cornstarch
1/2 c. water
Combine first 4 ingredients and bring to a boil. Combine next 3 ingredients and add to the boiling mixture. Bring the frosting mixture to a boil again. Cook until it thickens. Cool. Frost Dobash Chocolate cake.
