Chocolate Cake
From The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book, 1921
Presented as published in 1921. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Chocolate Cake. — 113 — Melt chocolate, add half cupful of milk; when thoroughly mixed Jet cool. Cream sugar and butter, add yolks of the eggs, then the whites, and remaining y2 cup of milk. Add flour with the baking* powder, then the chocolate. Bake in three layers. FILLING: 1 cupful of sugar; 1/3 cupful of milk; 1 tablespoonful of butter; boil 5 minutes. Beat until cool, add 1 teaspoonful of vanilla. Spread between layers. MRS. A. H. WELGEHAU SEN . Delicious Chocolate Cake. 8 eggs, the white beaten stiff; 2 cups of sugar; 1 cake of sweet chocolate; 1 cup of butter; 3 cups of flour; 1 cup of milk; 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
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