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Serves: 16
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The silver white cake topped with a rich, chocolate frosting makes this a first-class cake. Why not polish up that silver platter that you've stored away and put it to good use!
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour or 2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup shortening
1 1/4 cups milk
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract
5 egg whites
MOCHA FROSTING
3 cups powdered sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons powdered instant coffee
1/3 cup stick margarine or butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
1. Heat oven to 350°. Grease bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13 x 9 x 2 inches, 2 round pans, 9 x 1 1/2 inches, or 3 round pans, 8 x 1 1/2 inches, with shortening; lightly flour.
2. Beat all ingredients except egg whites and Mocha Frosting in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
3. Beat in egg whites on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).
4. Bake rectangle 40 to 45 minutes, 9-inch rounds 30 to 35 minutes, 8-inch rounds 23 to 28 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool rectangle in pan on wire rack. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely.
5. Frost rectangle or fill and frost layers with Mocha Frosting.
For Mocha Frosting
1. Mix all ingredients except milk in medium bowl.
2. Stir in milk until smooth and spreadable.
1 SERVING: Calories 235 (Calories from Fat 80); Fat 9g (Saturated 3g); Cholesterol 2mg; Sodium 270mg; Carbohydrates 36g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 3g.
From "Betty Crocker's Best-Loved Recipes." Text Copyright 1998 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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