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CHOCOLAT
CHOCOLATE E

SOUR CREAM FROSTIN
SOUR CREAM FROSTING G

love the Fluffy Chocolate Cake (page 46), the Ever-So-Moist
Frosting, but this new kid on Choco ate Cake (page 37), burned
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the block, a result of sheer toast, soda crackers, you name it!
experimentation and luck, has

stolen my heart! It is much like a
basic chocolate pan frosting in

that you begin with melted butter
and cocoa, but what makes it so

luxurious to eat and so pleasur- MAKES 3 CUPS, ENOUGH TO FROST
A 2- OR 3-LAYER CAKE
able to work with is the addition of
OR 30 CUPCAKES
sour cream. Try this frosting on PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES

the Choco ate Sour Cream Marble
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8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, cut into
R 2 ⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
8 pieces

the Cake Mix Doctor says 3 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted

1 ⁄3 cup sour cream
If you make this frosting with regular
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
cocoa, it will have a lighter chocolate
color than if you make it with Dutch-
1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan
process cocoa.It is perfect for con -
over low heat or melt it in a large glass
trasting with deep-chocolate layers.
bowl in the microwave oven on high
power for 45 seconds.