Black Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cupful of butter
• two cupfuls of brown sugar
• 1 cupful of milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in milk
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cake Baker’s chocolate
• yolks of 2 eggs
• 1% cupfuls brown sugar
• 1 cupful of milk
• 2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla
• 2 pounds of confectioners sugar
• % cup of coffee
• 1 cup of butter (melted)
• two tablespoonfuls vanilla
• Whites of 5 eggs
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup water

Method

1. 1

   Mix the batter ingredients and cook in layer tins.

2. 2

   For the black filling, melt chocolate and mix with other ingredients.

3. 3

   For the white filling, cook sugar and water until it threads, then pour over beaten egg whites.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's aid (1950) by N.C.). Young Woman's Aid Society Queen Street Methodist Church (Kinston, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACK CHOCOLATE CAKE Batter: 1 cupful of butter, two cupfuls of brown sugar, 1 cup- ful of milk, 4 eggs, 2 teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in milk, 4 cups flour. Black Part: 1 cake Baker’s chocolate, yolks of 2 eggs, 1% cupfuls brown sugar, 1 cupful of milk, 2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla. Cook until it thickens, add to batter and cook in layer tins. This will make four good layers. Black Filling: 1 cake of Baker’s chocolate melted in double boiler, 2 pounds of confectioners sugar, % cup of coffee, more if needed, 1 cup of butter (melted), two tablespoonfuls vanilla. Mix together smoothly and spread between cake layers. White Filling: Whites of 5 eggs, 3 cups sugar, 1 cup water

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