Rowell’s Inn Old Vermont Cocoa Cake

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains	New England	Cakes, Desserts, Holiday	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Unsweetened cocoa
1/2	c	Boiling water
1/4	c	Butter, softened
1/4	c	Shortening
2	c	Sugar
1/8	t	Salt
1	t	Vanilla
2		Eggs
1 1/2	t	Baking soda
1	c	Buttermilk
1 3/4	c	All-purpose flour
2	T	Sour cream
1	T	Maple syrup
1/3	c	Chopped walnuts
1/2	c	Butter, softened
1/2	c	Unsweetened cocoa
2	T	Corn syrup
1	t	Maple syrup
3	c	Confectioners' sugar
6	T	Milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Impressive and special, this is a celebration cake. The layers are
thin and fragile, so be careful when removing them from the pans.  Cake
~--- Combine the cocoa and boiling water and set aside. Cream the
butter, shortening, sugar, salt, and vanilla until fluffy. Add the
eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir the soda
into the buttermilk and add alternately with the flour to the creamed
mixture.  Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare 3 9-inch cake pans by greasing
them and  lining them with waxed paper. Measure 1 2/3 cups batter into
a small  bowl and stir in the sour cream, maple syrup, and nuts. Pour
into 2  of the cake pans.  Blend the cocoa-water mixture into the
remaining batter and pour into  the remaining pan. Bake for 25 to 30
minutes. Cool 5-minutes before  removing from the pans. Spread Cocoa
Maple Frosting between the  layers, on the sides, and over the top of
the cake.  Cocoa Maple Frosting ~------------------- Combine the
butter, cocoa,  corn syrup, and maple syrup. Add the confectioners'
sugar alternately  with the milk. Beat until smooth and of a spreading
consistency.  Receipe from: Rowell's Inn, Simonsville, Vermont Source:
Yankee  Magazine's Christmas in New England, 1995  From Gemini's
MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 418 Calories From Fat: 181 Total Fat: 20.6g Cholesterol: 66.4mg Sodium: 226.7mg Potassium: 208.3mg Carbohydrates: 57.7g Fiber: 3.1g Sugar: 37.4g Protein: 5.9g