Chocolate Shadow Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2008

Its name invokes the spirit of Halloween, but what could be scary about a rich chocolate butter cake layered with fluffy seven-minute icing and topped with a drippy chocolate glaze?

SERVES Makes 12 pieces

TIME 1 hour

Chocolate Shadow Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This rich chocolate butter cake is layered with fluffy seven-minute icing and topped with a drippy chocolate glaze. We added light corn syrup to the chocolate glaze so that it clung tightly to the cake and had a glossy texture. Using an off...

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