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                       BLACK RUSSIAN CAKE E
                       BLACK RUSSIAN CAK





                         hile I was on my book         me her recipe. No more guessing—

                         tour with The Cake Mix        this is one awesome cake.
                         Doctor, conversations

              understandably centered on cake.                      SERVES:  16
                                                          PREPARATION  TIME:  10  MINUTES
              Did I have this recipe or that one? It
                                                         BAKING  TIME:  60  TO  65  MINUTES
              was fun because it gave me a
                                                            ASSEMBLY  TIME:  5  MINUTES
              chance to find out what people in
              different regions of the country are     CAKE:

              baking and what they’d like to be        Vegetable oil spray for misting the pan
              baking. The topic of Black Russian       Flour for dusting the pan
                                                          1 package (18.25 ounces) plain
              Cake came up more
                                                                   yellow cake mix
              than once. (A Black                               1 large package (5.9 ounces)
              Russian is a cocktail                                chocolate instant pudding mix
                                                             1 cup vegetable oil
              consisting of two parts vodka
                                                       3 ⁄4 cup water
              and one part coffee liqueur—dan-
                                                       1 ⁄2 cup granulated sugar
              gerously delicious.) Did I have a        4 large eggs
              recipe? Could I find a recipe? Well,      1 ⁄4 cup Kahlúa or other coffee liqueur
                                                       1 ⁄4 cup vodka
              to be honest, I had never given any
              thought to a Black Russian Cake.
                                                       GLAZE:
              Fortunately, Carolyn Kent, of
                                                       1 ⁄2 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted
              Danville, Virginia, had. She e-mailed    1 ⁄4 cup Kahlúa or other coffee liqueur
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