Perfect Chocolate Cake With

2 c Boiling water

1 c Margarine

2 1/2 c Sugar

4 Eggs

2 3/4 c Flour

2 ts Baking soda

1/2 ts Salt

1 1/2 ts Vanilla

1 c Whipping cream

1 ts Vanilla extract

1/4 c Powdered sugar

6 oz Semisweet chocolate

1/2 c Half and half

3/4 c Butter

2 1/2 c Powdered sugar

10" pans. Bake

350 degrees for 40 minutes. WHIPPPED CREAM FILLING: Beat whipping cream and vanilla until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar. Makes

1 cup. PERFECT CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Combine first three ingredients in saucepan; cook until chocolate melts. Remove from heat; add powdered sugar. Set pan in ice, and beat until frosting holds it shape and loses it gloss. Add a few more drops of half/half if needed to make spreading consistency. Makes

2 1/2 cups --