Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 egg yolk
• y2 cup granulated sugar
• y2 cup of water, (cold)
• y2 cup of Baker's cocoa
• 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract
• 1 cup of sugar
• y2 cup of butter
• y2 cup of sour milk
• y2 teaspoon of soda
• 2 teaspoonsful of baking powder
• 2 cups of flour

Method

1. 1

   Boil egg yolk, sugar, water, and cocoa until thick, then cool and add vanilla.

2. 2

   Cream sugar and butter, add sour milk mixed with soda, baking powder, and flour.

3. 3

   Add cooled chocolate mixture and beaten eggs.

4. 4

   Frost with mocha filling.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delicacies (1929) by Thursday Club (San Diego, Calif.), page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chocolate Cake 1 egg yolk y2 cup granulated sugar, y2 cup of water, (cold), y2 cup of Baker's cocoa. Boil above ingredients in small pan over teakettle, until it thickens, then set aside to cool. When cool add 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Then cream together : 1 cup of sugar, y2 cup of butter and Crisco mixed, or all butter, y2 cup of sour milk with y2 teaspoon of soda (mixed together), 2 teaspoonsful of baking powder added to flour, add cool chocolate mixture, 2 eggs (well beaten), 2 cups of flour

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