Chocolate Cake
From The new practical housekeeping, 1890
Serves 10
This cake can also be baked in a loaf or made into sandwiches with jelly.
Presented as published in 1890. 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 new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 332. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Chocolate Cake baked as above and made into sand- wiches is a favorite with the little folks. The following is one of the best recipes : Put a half cup sweet milk, yolk of one egg and two and a half tablespoons grated chocolate over the fire until it comes to boiling pointy then take off*, let cool, sweeten to taste and beat it into the following cake mixture : One cup granulated sugar, half cup butter, two eggs, teaspoon baking powder, half cup sweet milk, two cups flour
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