Instructions: Perfect Chocolate Cake: Combine cocoa and boiling water, stirring until smooth; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time. Combine flour, soda, baking powder, and salt in bowl; add to mixture alternately with cocoa mixture. Stir in vanilla.

Use two 10" pans. Bake 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes

WHIPPPED CREAM FILLING: Beat whipping cream and vanilla until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar.

Makes 1 cup.

PERFECT CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Combine first three ingredients in saucepan; cook until chocolate melts. Remove from heat; add powdered sugar. Set pan is ice, and beat until frosting holds it shape and loses it gloss. Add a few more drops of half/half if needed to make spreading consistency.

Makes
2 1/2 cups

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