Chocolate Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients: % pound butter; Y% cup shortening; 3 cups white sugar; 3 cups flour; 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa; 1 teaspeon baking powder; 14 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup milk; 5 eggs

From Waldensian cookery, 1957

Icing: Combine in a sauce pan: 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 0.5 cup water, 3 squares chocolate, 1.5 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons butter. Cook slowly until chocolate melts—boil two minutes. Let cool. Add 2-4 cups sifted confectioner’s sugar. Beat until blended and thick enough to spread.

Presented as published in 1957. 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 Waldensian cookery (1957), page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE % pound butter Y% cup shortening 3 cups white sugar 3 cups flour 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa 1 teaspeon baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup milk 5 eggs

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