Name: Thousand Dollar Cake
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 90 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 cup sugar; 1 1/2 tsp soda; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 4 tbs cocoa or 2 oz melted bitter chocolate; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 cup Miracle Whip; 1 cup cold water; Frosting- can use ready made fudge frosting,

Thousand Dollar Cake

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Prep: 50 min Cook: 40 min Servings: 8

by Mary Winborn

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Prep time: 50 minutes

Cook time: 40 minutes

Servings: 8

by Mary Winborn

6 recipes
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Legend has it that in the 1950's, a Texas milliionaire paid the chef at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel in Houston( a big deal at that time) a grand for this recipe. Makes a nice story.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp soda
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbs cocoa or 2 oz melted bitter chocolate
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup Miracle Whip
- 1 cup cold water
- Frosting- can use ready made fudge frosting,
Directions
1. Mix dry ingredients. Mix in Miracle Whip,cold water and vanilla.
2. Bake in large pan (greased,floured) at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Check top of cake of course for spring back or use toothpick test.
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