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Chocolate Layer Cake With Rocky Road Frosting

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Date Added:	February 29, 2008
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Serves:	8
Prep. Time:	0:00
Category:	Cakes / Pies / Pastries, Desserts / Sweets

Ingredients:

4     ounces        unsweetened chocolate
1                   container plain low-fat yogurt - (8 oz)
2/3   cup           water - (about)
1     teaspoon      vanilla extract
2     cups          cake flour
2     cups          sugar
1/2   cup           unsalted butter - (1 stick)
2     large         eggs
1     teaspoon      baking soda
1/2   teaspoon      baking powder
1/2   teaspoon      salt
                    Rocky Road Frosting
1 1/2 cups          miniature marshmallows
1     cup           coarsely-chopped walnuts

Directions: one line for each direction. When saved the lines will be numbered.

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides. Line bottom of pans with parchment; butter parchment. Dust pans with flour; tap out excess.
Stir chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove from over water. Cool just to room temperature.
Pour yogurt into 2-cup measuring cup. Add enough water to measure 1 1/2 cups; whisk to blend. Whisk in vanilla.
Combine flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add yogurt mixture and melted chocolate. Using electric mixer, beat until smooth, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula, about 3 minutes. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
Cool cakes in pans on racks 10 minutes. Run small knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes. Invert onto racks; peel off parchment. Cool completely.
Place 1 cake layer, flat-side up, on platter. Spread 2/3 cup frosting over. Top with second cake layer, flat-side down. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Press marshmallows around top edge in 1-inch band and 1 inch down sides from top edge of cake. Sprinkle walnuts over center of cake. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome and store at room temperature.)
This recipe yields 8 to 10 servings.
Comments: Cake making was quite a fad in the twenties. The new gas stoves were efficient, reliable and easy to operate; besides, with more women working outside the home, there wasn�t as much time to prepare multiple desserts, so fancy layer cakes were made to satisfy everyone. Marshmallows were popular in the decade, and they were used in desserts, salads and side dishes. Here they sweeten an old-fashioned frosting and decorate this easy-to-make chocolate cake.

Notes:
Recipe from the article "The 20th Century In Food: 1920s"

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Added On: February 29, 2008

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