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Submit Submit Submit Submit Submit 0   • Description:  This cake
has many attributes in addition to serving a lot of people. It
has the pure flavor of cocoa with a beautifully set frosting. It
comes together very quickly using staples from a well-stocked
baking pantry. You can have dessert for 50 in 30 minutes flat.
Its simplicity and speed are impressive.   • Makes:  54
(2-by-2-inch) pieces    ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room
temperature  1 cup sugar  4 eggs  1 cup flour  1 can (16 ounces)
purchased chocolate syrup or homemade (see recipe)   9
tablespoons (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter)  9
tablespoons milk (½ cup plus 1 tablespoon)  2 ¼ cups sugar  ¾
cup chocolate chips (semisweet or bittersweet)  If making the
Homemade Chocolate Syrup, do that first. It will need to cool
before you can make the cake.  Homemade chocolate syrup:  ½ cup
natural unsweetened cocoa powder  1 cup sugar  1 cup water  ½
teaspoon salt  1 teaspoon pure vanilla