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Coccanut-Chocolate Cake

From The way to the heart, 1905
Presented as published in 1905. 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 The way to the heart (1905) by Carrie Pickett Moore, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i teaspoon of Sauer's vanilla. Bake in layers and ice with cocoanut icing. Cocoanut Icing. — Boil i cup of white sugar and ^ of a cup of water, with ^ teaspoon of vinegar in it, until it ropes. Beat it in the well-beaten white of i egg. Season with Sauer's vanilla and add % pound of grated cocoanut. Coccanut-Chocolate Cake. Two cups of sugar, i cups of butter, i cup of milk, 5 eggs, 3 cups of flour, I teaspoon of powder, i teaspoon of Sauer's vanilla. Bake in 4 layers and spread the following between them: Icing. — Beat whites of 3 eggs until light, add i pound of pulverized sugar and i grated cocoanut. Melt ^ of a pound of Baker's chocolate, and beat rapidly in the icing. Spread at once between the cakes, as it hardens very quickly. Chocolate Cake. One egg, beaten together; add ^ cup of milk, i cup of sugar, ^ cake of grated chocolate. Cook until it becomes hot through, and set aside to cool. Make a batter of 3 eggs ; beat yelks light, and add i cup of sugar, ^2 cup of milk, ^ cup of butter; to the beaten whites add 2 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of powder
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