Chocolate Cake

Name: Chocolate Cake
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: One cup of butter; 2 cups sugar; i cup sweet milk; 5 eggs; three and one-half cups of flour; three and one-half tea-spoonfuls baking powder; Save out the white of i ^gg for frosting.

From Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide, 1882

Serves 10

Frosting: One cup sugar, water enough to dissolve it; boil this very thick; while hot, pour over the beaten white of 1 egg and stir briskly until thick.

Presented as published in 1882. 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 Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE CAKE. One cup of butter, 2 cups sugar, i cup sweet milk, 5 eggs, three and one-half cups of flour, three and one-half tea-spoonfuls baking powder. Save out the white of i ^gg for frosting.

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