Chocolate Cake No. 2

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Bake in layers.

2. 2

   For filling, take 1 cup milk, yolk of 1 egg, 1 cup chocolate, 1 teaspoon vanilla; sweeten to taste; boil until thick as jelly.

3. 3

   Spread between layers when cold.

As published

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. 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. 10 whites of eggs. 2 cups sugar. 3i cups flour. 1 cup sweet milk. 2i teaspoons baking powder. Filling. — Whites of 2 eggs beaten stiff and sugar enough added to keep it from running; spread it on layers, and sprinkle cocoanut between layers and on top of cake. COCOANUT CAKE No. 2. i cup butter. h cup corn= starch, li cups sugar. li cups flour, i cup water. 1 teaspoon cream tartar. 6 whites of eggs. i teaspoon soda. Bake in layer tins. Then take the whites of 3 eggs and beat to a froth with 6 tablespoons of sugar and 1 cup grated cocoanut. Use it for both filling and frost- ing. CREAM CAKE. 1 cup sugar. li cups flour. 3 eggs. 2 small teaspoons baking 3 tablespoons water. powder. Bake in 4 jelly tins, and when done spread the lay- ers with the cream filling given among our fillings. Do not spread on the filling till the cake is cold. If preferred it can be baked in 2 ordinary pie tins and split open when cold. 866 LAYER CAKES CUSTARD CAKE. 1 cup sugar. U cups flour. 3 eggs, beaten separate. 1 teaspoon baking powder. 2 tablespoons cold water Flavor to taste, added to the beaten whites. Bake in 2 tins in a hot oven; split when hot, and spread with custard. DATE CAKE. 1 cup butter. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 2 cups sugar. 3 cups flour. 1 cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 5 eggs. Bake in 5 layers, and use the date filling given among our fillings. DENVER CAKE. i cup butter. 1 cup sweet milk, li cups sugar. 3 cups sifted flour. 6 eggs. 2 teaspoons baking powder. This cake must be well beaten. It will make 5 layers. Use any filling desired. It can be made in high altitudes. ECONOMICAL LAYER CAKE. i cup butter. 2 cups flour. 1 cup sugar. 3 teaspoons baking powder. 1 tablespoon corn=starch made smooth in 1 cup sweet milk. Bake in thin sheets. Use cream, cocoanut, jelly or any filling desired. FIG LAYER CAKE. i cup butter. 2 cups flour (sifted). 1 cup sugar. 2 teaspoons baking powder

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