Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 3 oz. sugar
• 3 oz. butter
• 4 oz. flour
• 3 oz. chocolate
• 1 teaspoonful baking powder
• 3 small eggs
• Vanilla essence

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve chocolate in two tablespoonfuls of milk.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar; add eggs with a little flour.

3. 3

   Stir in dissolved chocolate with remainder of flour and baking powder; add a few drops of vanilla essence.

4. 4

   Pour mixture into a greased and prepared tin; bake in a moderate oven for about one hour.

5. 5

   Ice when cold with chocolate icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for high-class cookery (1912) by Edinburgh School of Cookery, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE CAKE. 3 oz. sugar. 3 oz. butter. 4 oz. flour. 3 oz. chocolate. 1 teaspoonful baking powder. 3 small eggs. Vanilla essence

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