Chocolate Layer Cake

Ingredients

• Yolk of three eggs
• two cups sugar
• one cup butter
• one cup milk
• three cups flour
• three teaspoons baking powder
• Three ounces of chocolate, melted
• one-half cup rich milk
• two tablespoons butter
• one cup sugar (for chocolate filling)
• two and one-half cups sugar (for caramel filling)
• one cup milk (for caramel filling)
• one-half cup butter (for caramel filling)

Method

1. 1

   Stir well, then lightly add the beaten whites.

2. 2

   For chocolate filling, boil until it forms a soft ball when tried in water; add vanilla.

3. 3

   For caramel filling, boil until it forms a soft ball, then beat until cold and add vanilla.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE. Liz- zie A. Graves, Ontario, Cal.— Yolk of three eggs, two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup milk, three cups flour, three teaspoons bak- ing powder, stir well, then lightly add the beaten whites. (Makes four large layers.) Chocolate: Three ounces of chocolate, melted; one-half cup rich milk, two tablespoons butter

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