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MARTHA’S CHOCOLAT
MARTHA’S CHOCOLATE E

CHERRY ICE CREAM CAK
CHERRY ICE CREAM CAKE E

WITH HOT FUDGE SAUCE

y friend and diligent recipe
SERVES: 12
tester Martha Bowden PREPARATION TIME: 15 MINUTES
BAKING TIME: 35 TO 37 MINUTES
remembers her sister Eliz-
ASSEMBLY/FREEZING TIME: 2 HOURS
abeth requesting a chocolate ice
AND 20 MINUTES
cream cake whenever her birthday
rolled around. So Martha had a CAKE:

good time testing this recipe, which Solid vegetable shortening for greasing
is based on a small chocolate cake the pan
Flour for dusting the pan
mix—the perfect size for assembling
1 small package (9 ounces) devil’s food
into this loaf-shaped layer cake.
cake mix
When it’s sliced, the cake reveals 1 ⁄2 cup buttermilk or plain milk

stripes of chocolate brown, creamy 1 egg
1 ⁄2 teaspoon pure vanilla
white, and cherry red. For birthdays
extract or pure
it looks festive sealed in whipped almond extract
cream and showered with chocolate
FILLING:
curls. Or for other occasions year-
1 can (12 ounces) cherry filling, or 1 ⁄2 cups
1
round, omit the cream coating and
cherry preserves
just pour the easy Hot Fudge Sauce
1 gallon vanilla ice cream, in rectangular
over the slices. block