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How To make Light Chocolate Cake

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2 1/2 c Sugar; divided
3 tb Water
2 Unsweetened chocolate (1 oz)
3/4 c Butter or margarine;
-softened 4 Eggs; separated
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 1/4 c Cake flour; sifted
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Milk
1 ts Cream of tartar
Mocha frosting; see recipe -for Recipe by: Southern Living
Grease three 9-inch round cakepans, and line with wax paper. Grease and flour wax paper. Set aside. Combine 1/2 cup sugar, water, and chocolate in a small saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate melts. Cool. Cream butter; gradually add remaining 2 cups sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Beat egg whites until frothy; add cream of tartar, and beat until stiff peaks form. Gently fold into batter. Pour batter into prepared cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks. Spread Mocha Frosting between cake. -----

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