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'Nother Cake

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My dog is sitting here next to me resting her smaller-than-my-fist head on my comparatively giant knee, asking why I haven't written about her lately. Well as an update, I groomed her- now dredlock free- and we've been practicing her tricks, and we're doing ok; not great, just ok. But about my new cake- not too much to tell. It was my standard chocolate with a chocolate fudge frosting and cheesecake filling, with vanilla butter cream for the crumb layer, because I only had enough frosting left over from my brownies yesterday (family party) to cover the top. It was SO good though. Try it. Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate 1 pound confectioners' sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup milk Directions Melt chocolate and butter in the microwave, or in the top of a double boiler. In a large bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, vanilla and 1/2 cup of the milk. Blend in the melted chocolate mixture. Add remaining milk, a little a...