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Chocolate Cake: Sugar, Bleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Water, Eggs, Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin), Nonfat Milk. Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Food Starch - Modified, Sodium Bicarbonate, Egg Whites, Wheat Starch, Salt, Sodium Aluminium Phosphate Acidic, Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid [Preservative]), Mono- And Diglycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Polysorbate 60, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Guar Gum, Monocalcium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Soy Flour. Whipped Icing: Water, Vegetable Shortening (Fully Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil), Dextrose, Corn Syrup, Sugar. Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Sodium Caseinate, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Polysorbate 60, Modified Cellulose, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Sorbic Acid, Blue 1, Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6. Garnish: Sugar, Cornstarch, Rice Flour, Palm Oil, Gum Acacia, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 3, Blue 1, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60.