Checkerboard Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• butter the size of an egg
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour milk
• 2 cups of sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon soda
• a pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 of hot water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Cream 1 cup sugar with butter, add 2 eggs and beat in well.

2. 2

   Stir into this 1 cup sour milk.

3. 3

   To 2 cups of sifted flour add 1 teaspoon soda and a pinch of salt.

4. 4

   Sift again and add to the mixture.

5. 5

   Turn 1/4 of the batter into another bowl, add cocoa, hot water and vanilla.

6. 6

   Bake in layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Carbon County cook book (1926), page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Checkerboard Cake. Cream 1 cup sugar with butter the size of an egg, add 2 eggs and beat in well with an egg beater. Stir into this 1 cup sour milk. To 2 cups of sifted flour add 1 teaspoon soda and a pinch of salt. Sift again and add to the above mixture. Turn 14 of the batter into another bowl, add 2 tablespoons cocoa, 2 of hot water and 1 teaspoon vanilla

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