Hundred-dollar cake

 
                            Hundred-Dollar Cake
 
 Recipe By     : Urban Legend
 Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2      cups          flour
    1      cup           sugar
    1 1/2  teaspoons     baking powder
    1 1/2  teaspoons     baking soda
    4      tablespoons   cocoa
    1      cup           water
    1      cup           Miracle Whip®
    2      teaspoons     vanilla
                         Frosting:
    1      cup           sugar
      1/4  cup           cocoa
      1/4  cup           milk
      1/4  cup           butter
 
 Sift or stir dry ingredients together. Mix liquids well.  Add to dry ingredient
 s and mix.  Bake 35 minutes at 350°F.
 
 Boil frosting ingredients together 1 minute.  Stir until partly cool.  Add 2 te
 aspoons vanilla.
 
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 NOTES : Variations:  1.   Increase soda to 2 teaspoons, omit baking powder, add
  pinch salt, add 2 heaping tablespoons seedless blackberry jam.  (Mrs. W. E. Am
 os, Charleston Receipts)
 
 2.  Use commercial mayonnaise instead of Miracle Whip®; use 1 1/4 teaspoons
baki
 ng powder; bake in two 9" layer pans. (Mrs. Kirk Lynch, Charleston Receipts)
 
 3.  Use 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon vanil
 la.  Use a 9" x 9" pan.  For frosting, use 1-ounce square unsweetened chocolate
  melted with 1 tablespoon shortening; stir in 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1/2 
 teaspoon vanilla, and boiling water to make of a spreading consistency.  (Bette
 r Homes and Gardens Heritage Cook Book)