Black Devil Cake

Ingredients

• one-half cup butter
• one and one-half cups brown sugar
• yolks of two eggs
• one cup chocolate
• one-half cup boiling water
• one-half cup sour milk
• one teaspoon soda
• two heaping cups flour
• one teaspoon vanilla
• beaten whites of two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Cream one-half cup of butter with one and one-half cups of brown sugar, then add the yolks of two eggs.

2. 2

   Smooth one cup of chocolate with one-half cup of boiling water and add it to the mixture.

3. 3

   Then add one-half cup of sour milk, one teaspoon of soda, two heaping cups of flour, one teaspoon of vanilla, and the beaten whites of two eggs.

4. 4

   Bake in three layers and put boiled icing between.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Council cook book (1908), page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Black Devil Cake. Cream one-half cup butter with one and one-half cups brown sugar; add yolks of two eggs. Smooth one cup chocolate with one-half cup boiling water; add it to mixture; then one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, two heaping cups flour, one teaspoon vanilla, beaten whites of two eggs

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