CREAM CHEESE CHOCOLATE CAKE

      Title: CREAM CHEESE CHOCOLATE CAKE
  Categories: Chocolate, Cheese, Cakes, Desserts, Eggs
       Yield: 12 Servings
  
       2 c  Cake Flour; Sifted
   1 1/2 ts Baking Soda
       1 ts Salt
       6 oz Cream Cheese
     1/2 c  Vegetable Shortening
       2 ts Vanilla Extract
       6 c  Confectioners' Sugar; Sifted
     1/4 c  ;Hot Water
       4 oz Baking Chocolate
     1/4 c  Vegetable Shortening
       3 ea Eggs; Large
     3/4 c  Milk
       1 tb Milk
  
   Sift the cake flour, baking soda, and salt together and set aside.
   Combine cream cheese, 1/2 c shortening and vanilla in a large mixing
   bowl. Beat, with an electric mixer set on high, until light and
   fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar alternately with hot water and
   chocolate (melted and cooled to room temperature) to cream cheese
   mixture, beating well after each addition. Blend until smooth. Remove
   2 cups of the chocolate mixture and cover with plastic wrap. Reserve
   for frosting. Blend 1/4 cup shortening into remaining chocolate
   mixture. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
   Add dry ingredients alternately with 1/4 cup of milk, beating well
   after each addition. Spread batter in 2 greased and waxed paper lined
   9-inch round cake pans.  Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for 35
   minutes or until cakes test done. Cool in pans on racks for 10
   minutes.  Remove from pans; cool completely on racks. Blend 1 T milk
   into the reserved chocolate mixture for frosting. Place one layer on
   serving plate and spread with frosting. Top with second layer and
   frost sides and top with remaining frosting.
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