14-LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE

14-Layer Chocolate Cake image

Provided by Bea L.

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 stick soft butter (leave out overnight)
2 1/2 c granulated sugar
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
6 eggs
1 1/2 c milk
4 c self-rising flour
ICING:
3 blocks of baker's plain chocolate
1 stick real butter
2 small cans carnation evaporated milk
3 c granulated sugar
3 Tbsp cornstarch
just a pinch of salt
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Steps:

1. CAKE: Preheat oven to 400. Wax paper & grease cake pans. Mix first 5 ingredients together then stir in flour & combine well. Put 3 large tablespoons of batter in each cake pan and bake at 400 for approximately 10 minutes. Turn layers out and keep covered with dish towels.
2. ICING: Melt chocolate with a few teaspoons of warm water until smooth. Mix the sugar with the cornstarch. Stir all ingredients together and bring to a boil. Boil for about 10 minutes on medium heat. This icing will be thin but will harden later. Spread between layers but poke holes (use a toothpick) in layers as you go to allow icing to seep into layers. Ice top & sides and keep spooning icing back on cake as it may puddle on bottom of cake plate.
3. *Pleast refer to "Bea's Notes" above regarding the icing.