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Chocolate Cake

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 5

For filling, beat the whites of three eggs with one and one-half cups of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, and one teaspoonful of vanilla.

Presented as published in 1887. 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 Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 190. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE CAKE. No. 3. Two CUPS sugar, one cup butter, yolks of five eggs and whites of two and one cup milk. Thoroughly mix two teaspoonfuls baking powder with three and one-half cups flour

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