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Chocolate Cake No. 1
From The household cook book, 1902
Serves 12
Presented as published in 1902. 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 household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 279. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
CHOCOLATE CAKE No. 1. i cup butter. 4 eggs. 2 cups powdered sugar. 2 cups flour (well filled). i cup sweet milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Divide into 3 parts and bake 2 layers as mixed. Into the third part mix i cup grated chocolate and bake. For the icing, boil 1 cup white sugar and 3 spoonfuls water till it ropes; add the white of an egg and beat together until white. Ice each layer, putting the dark layer in the center, and ice the top. BEATEN CREAM CAKE. i cup butter. 3 whites of eggs. 1 cup sugar. 2 cups flour. I cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Bake in 3 layers and put together with thick sweet cream beaten with a little pulverized sugar. Or use the " mock whipped cream " given among the fillings. CHEAP CREAM CAKE. 1 tablespoon butter. 1 egg. 1 cup sugar. 2 cups flour. 1 cup sweet milk. 1 teaspoon baking powder. Add 1 teaspoon of any flavoring and bake in lay- ers. Use the cream filling given among our fillings. LAYER CAKES 365 CHOCOLATE CAKE No. 2. i cup butter. 2 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 2 cups flour, i cup sweet milk. li teaspoons baking powder. Bake in layers. Chocolate Cream For Filling. — Take i cup milk, yolk of 1 egg, i cup chocolate, 1 teaspoon vanilla; sweeten to taste; boil until thick as jelly. Spread between layers when cold. COCOANUT CAKE. 1 cup butter
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