Aunt Emery's Chocolate Layer Cake
From The Aunts' Cook Book, 1922
Presented as published in 1922. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Aunts' Cook Book (1922) by [name missing], page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Aunt Emery's Chocolate Layer Cake 1 J^ cups pastry flour sifted whites 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 2 squares Baker's chocolate 2^ teaspoons baking 1 teaspoon vanilla powder J/^ cup milk ^ cup butter yolks of 2 eggs Cream butter, add sugar gradually, then yolks beaten, then whites beaten till stiffs, then flour (mixed with baking powder) and milk alternately, then melted chocolate and vanilla. Bake in moderate oven in three thin layers 10 to 15 minutes. 112 Cakes and Cookies Aunt Elinor's Devils Food 2 cups brown sugar ^ cup shaved chocolate 3^ cup butter and Crisco 1 tablespoon vanilla 3^ cup sour milk or cream 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups flour 3 eggs j/^ cup boiling water Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, milk and flour. Mix chocolate, soda and boiling water together until smooth, then add to first mixture. Lastly fold in sti£9y beaten whites of eggs. Bake in layers or little cakes at 375° to 400 **. Aunt Elinor's Plain Layer Cake 14: cup butter 1 J^ cups flour 1 cup sugar 2^ teaspoonsful baking 2 eggs powder ^ cup milk 1 teaspoonful flavoring Aunt Elinor's Cup Cake }4 cup butter 1 tablespoon lemon or vanilla 54 cup sugar 2 or 3 eggs 1 3^ cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder
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