3    Unsweetened baking c
           -hocolate squares
  1 1/4 c  Milk; divided
  1 1/2 c  Sugar; divided
      1 c  Canned applesauce
      1 ts Vanilla
      2 c  Flour
      1 ts Soda
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Shortening
      3    Eggs
  Mix chocolate, 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup sugar in saucepan.
  Cook and stir until thick and smooth.  Stir in applesauce
  and vanilla.  Cool.  Combinad and sift dry ingredients.
  Set aside.  Cream shortening with remaining 1 cup sugar,
  blend in eggs one at a time. Alternately add dry
  ingredients and remaining 3/4 cup milk to creamed mixture,
  blending well after each addition.  Blend in chocolate
  mixture.  Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8 inch
  layer pans.  Bake in 350F oven for 40 minutes, or until
  tested done.  Cool.
  Split each cooled layer.  Frost cake with APPLE FLUFF
  FROSTING or APPLE CREAM FROSTING (see separate recipes)
  From Birmingham News Food Section, 1986 Formatted by Linda
  Caldwell
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