Jack-O-Lantern Chocolate Cake

• 2 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup butter
• shortening
• 1-1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 2/3 cup water

1. Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt, and sift together three times.
2. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs and beat well; then chocolate and blend.
4. Add flour, alternately with water, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
5. Bake in two greased deep 9-inch layer pans in 350F oven for 30 minutes, or until done.
6. Use Halloween Frosting.
7. Spread orange tinted frosting between layers, reserving about 1/4 for pumpkin decoration.
8. Spread chocolate frosting on top and sides of cake, reserving small amount for decorating.
9. Decorate top of cake with pumpkin of orange tinted frosting.
10. Outline eyes, nose, and mouth of jack-o'-lantern- face with chocolate frosting, using pastry tube or or a small knife.
11. Melted chocolate may be used for outlining jack-o'-lantern faces.

cake flour, soda, salt, butter, shortening, brown sugar, eggs, unsweetened chocolate, water

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/2458 (may not work)