Chocolate Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 large egg
• the weight of the egg in butter
• the weight of the egg in sugar
• the weight of the egg in flour
• £ teaspoonful baking powder
• 2 tablespoonfuls finely grated chocolate
• ^ teaspoonful vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Put the butter and sugar into a basin, and beat together with a wooden spoon until creamy.

2. 2

   Beat the egg and pass the flour through a sieve; add these alternately to the butter and sugar, beat five or ten minutes, then add the vanilla and baking powder.

3. 3

   Pour into small dariole moulds, three parts filling them, and bake 15 minutes in a slow oven.

4. 4

   When baked, allow them to stand a few minutes, and turn out.

5. 5

   Cover each with chocolate icing and sprinkle with minced pistachios.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Choice cookery (1888) by H. M. Young, page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE CAKES. 1 large egg The weight of the egg in butter, sugar, and flour £ teaspoonful baking powder 2 tablespoonfuls finely grated chocolate ^ teaspoonful vanilla

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