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Why boiling water in chocolate cake???

Posted by tbean, July 26, 2012

My go to chocolate cake recipe calls for 1 c of boiling water. This recipe has never failed to make an awesome cake. I'm just wondering if anyone knows what the boiling water does, like scientifically. Kenji?

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