Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• Vecte Salt
• 38 squares unsweetened chocolate
• 14% cups sugar
• 2-3 cup sour milk or buttermilk
• 1 t. soda
• % cup boiling water
• % cup shortening
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 t. vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt and sift 3 times.

2. 2

   Add boiling water to chocolate and stir until melted.

3. 3

   Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy.

4. 4

   Add eggs and beat well.

5. 5

   Add chocolate mixture and blend.

6. 6

   Add flour alternately with milk beating after each addition until smooth.

7. 7

   Add vanilla.

8. 8

   Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven 350 F. about 30 minutes.

9. 9

   Spread with fluffy white seven minute frosting.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE CAKE 2 cups sifted flour % t. salt 1 cup sifted brown sugar 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted 1 t. vanilla 1 t. soda 1-3 cup butter 2 eges, beaten 1 cup milk Sift flour, measure, add soda and salt, sift together 3 times. Work but- ter with spoon until creamed; add sugar gradually, beating after each addition. Add eggs, then chocolate. Bend well. Add milk alternately with flour mixture. Add vanilla. Bake in ‘hot oven. “Mrs. Loyd Martin Clingman Club APPLE SAUCE CAKE 2 cups apple sauce 2 cups sugar 1% cups butter 2 eggs 2 cups raisins 2 cups walnuts 2 T. cocoa 1 t. allspice 1 t. cinnamon 3% cups flour 2 t. soda tet. salt 1% |b. cherries 1 lb. citron 2 lemon peels 2 orange peels 1 cup currants 3 slices pineapple Heat apple sauce. Add butter. Beat eges until creamy and add. Sift flour and spices together. Add flour and stir in well. Add fruits and nuts. Bake in floured pan for 2% hours at 300 F. Mrs. Lester Glass Fairplains Club APPLE SAUCE CAKE 2 cups apple sauce 1% cups butter 1 t. allspice 3% cups sifted flour 2 eggs 1 t. nutmeg 2 cups sugar 2 t. soda 2 cups raisins 2 cups nuts 1 t. cinnamon Ae lee COcod While apple sauce is hot, add but- ter, sugar, beaten eggs. Sift flour, spices and soda together; add to mix- ture. Add nuts and raisins dusted with flour. Bake in moderate oven for about 2% hours or until well done. Mrs. Claude Deal Fairplains Club CHOCOLATE CAKE 2 cups sifted cake flour Vecte Salt 38 squares unsweetened chocolate 14% cups sugar 2-3 cup sour milk or buttermilk 1 t. soda % cup boiling water % cup shortening 2 eggs, well beaten

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