Devil's Food Cake

Ingredients

• 2 squares Baker’s chocolate
• 1 coffee cup sweet milk
• 1 small half cup butter
• 1 egg and yolks of 2 others
• 1% cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• V2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon soda, (scant)

Method

1. 1

   Boil together the chocolate and sweet milk; then let cool.

2. 2

   Cream sugar, butter and eggs; pour over this the milk and chocolate; add flour, soda and flavoring.

3. 3

   Bake in layers and put together with chocolate frosting.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Edwardsville cook book (1906), page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 squares Baker’s chocolate. 1 coffee cup sweet milk. 1 small half cup butter. 1 egg and yolks of 2 others. 1% cups flour. 1 cup sugar, V2 teaspoon vanilla. 1 teaspoon soda, (scant)

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