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Lucky Cakes

Rated as 4.5 out of 5 Stars
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"Chocolate cakes with white filling."
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Ingredients

servings 610
Original recipe yields 12 servings (2 dozen)

Directions

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  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  2. Cream together 2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup shortening and eggs. Combine 1 cup milk plus 1 teaspoon vinegar. Add to mixture with vanilla, blending well. Set aside.
  3. Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and cocoa in a separate bowl. Gradually add to creamed mixture until well blended. Finally add the boiling water and mix well.
  4. Drop by rounded teaspoonful on to ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove to baking rack to cool.
  5. Cream margarine and shortening. Add 1 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla, continuing to beat. Slowly add pudding mix and 1 cup confectioners' sugar.
  6. Assemble cookies by spreading filling on one side of cookie and then placing another on top.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 610 calories; 27.2 86.8 7.5 34 660 Full nutrition

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Made these yesterday but substituted vanilla pudding mix for Cheesecake pudding mix. Everyone LOVED them, and I had to put water in the filling bowl because I kept sticking my fingers in the ex...

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Lucky cakes are an old recipe. My mother-in-law made these for her children many years ago. They are still a family favorite, and we are into a fourth generation from her. Janis's filling must b...

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