Chocolate Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup grated chocolate
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the yolks of the eggs and the chocolate (melted by standing over hot water); then add alternately the flour and the well-beaten whites of the eggs.

2. 2

   Add the flavoring; work the mixture well and roll it in long narrow pieces.

3. 3

   Roll these in granulated sugar and bake them on pans dusted with flour.

4. 4

   If the cakes spread and crack open like macaroons they are right.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 119. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE CAKES 2 cups sugar 1 cup grated chocolate 1/2 cup butter 2 cups flour 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

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