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Chocolate Layer Cake with Almond, a la Brita Stina Gdteau au Chocolat aux Amandes, en couches ; a la Brita Stina Four eggs, one cup sugar, two tablespoons brandy, three tablespoons cornstarch, four tablespoons melted butter, one cup flour, one teaspoon Royal baking powder, four ounces chocolate. How to Make It. Stir yolks and sugar to a souffle with a pinch of salt and brandy; dissolve chocolate in half cup hot water; add (slowly) the yolks, flour, cornstarch, and baking powder; mix together; last add the whites — well beaten. Bake in four layers and fill. Filling. Two cups milk, two tablespoons cornstarch, five tablespoons sugar, two tablespoons brandy, four tablespoons chopped almond paste, whites of two or three eggs — well beaten. Put one and a half cups milk on stove, add almond paste; when the milk boils, add the sugar, dissolve the cornstarch in half cup of the milk, add the brandy to the cornstarch, thicken the milk, stir until smooth, let come to a boil. In the meantime, have the whites of the eggs well beaten, add them to the milk. Fill the layers, frost with a boiled chocolate frosting, sprinkle with chopped almonds on the top and all around. Mocha Cake No. 1, a la Ericsson Hammond Gateau au Moka No. 1, a la Ericsson Hammond Five eggs, one cup powdered sugar, four tablespoons cold water, two tablespoons brandy, one cup flour, one teaspoon Royal baking powder, three tablespoons cornstarch, and a pinch of salt. How to Make It. Add sugar slowly to the yolks. Beat to a souffle for fifteen minutes, add cold water and brandy. Sift flour, baking powder, and cornstarch and add. Last add the whites of the eggs — well beaten. Bake slowly in oven thirty minutes. Filling. One cup strong Mocha coffee, one cup sugar, one teaspoon vanilla, one pound chopped mixed nuts, one tablespoon cornstarch, and one pint cream. How to Make the Filling. Add sugar to coffee, put in a saucepan on stove until hot. Dissolve the cornstarch in half cup water, thicken the coffee, stir on ice until cold. Mix gently to the cream (that has been whipped), add the vanilla. Fill the cake (that has been cut in four layers), sprinkle with the nuts after each filling; when done, frost with a boiled coffee frosting, sprinkle with nuts. Mocha Cake ( Gateau au Moka) No. 2 Three eggs, four tablespoons sugar, five tablespoons flour, three tablespoons melted butter, one tablespoon brandy, and one teaspoon Royal baking powder. How to Make It. Stir sugar and yolks to a souffle; add melted butter, flour, baking powder, brandy, a pinch of salt; last add the whites of the eggs — well beaten. Bake in cake tins — four layers — and fill. Filling. Quarter cup butter, one cup very strong black coffee, two to three cups confectionery sugar, teaspoon vanilla. Wash