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CHOCOLAT
CHOCOLATE E

SNICKERDOODLE CAK
SNICKERDOODLE CAKE E

WITH CINNAMON-CHOCOLATE
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

nickerdoodles are a crisp Solid vegetable shortening for greasing

cinnamon cookie first baked the pans
Flour for dusting the pans
in New England in the nine-
1 package (18.25 ounces) plain dark
teenth century. Today the term is chocolate fudge cake mix

used to describe a variety of sweets 3 ⁄4 cup milk
3 ⁄4 cup vegetable oil
starring cinnamon. Chocolate and
3 large eggs
cinnamon have
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
been partners 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

for hundreds Cinnamon-Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
(page 423)
of years, and
the combination is
1. Place a rack in the center of the oven
deeply rooted in Mexican cuisine. and preheat the oven to 350°F. Gener-
ously grease two 9-inch round cake pans
However, this cake is purely Ameri-
with solid vegetable shortening, then dust
can, and purely delicious. with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Set
the pans aside.
SERVES: 16
PREPARATION TIME: 8 MINUTES 2. Place the cake mix, milk, oil, eggs, cin-
namon, and vanilla in a large mixing
BAKING TIME: 28 TO 32 MINUTES
bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low
ASSEMBLY TIME: 10 MINUTES
speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and