Devil's Food
From The Memorial Hall cook book, 1919
Recipe by Mrs. Geo. Nice.
Presented as published in 1919. 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 Memorial Hall cook book (1919) by Willow Grove Memorial Hall (Willow Grove, Pa.), page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Devil's Food One and one-half cups sugar, 3 tblspns. butter, 2 ounces melted chocolate, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk (slightly warmed), IY2 cups sifted flour, 2 tspns. Rumford baking powder. Beat sugar and butter to a cream. Drop eggs in, one at a time, whole. Beat until smooth. Bake in layers; ice with boiled icing. FELIN'S PORK PRODUCTS NOW IS THE TIME — ASK FOR AND GET FELIN'S TASTY o SPICY SAUSAGE Cx SCRAPPLE "Have Your Shoes Mended by the Man Who Knows How" ALBERTPS WILLOW GROVE SHOE HOSPITAL OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE, WILLOW GROVE, PA. REASONABLE PRICES COMPLIMENTS OF MINERAL SPRINGS INN WILLOW GROVE, PA. 77 J. DYRE MOYER, York Road, Willow Grove All kinds of Lumber, Building Material, Coal and Feed — Bell Phone, 103 Boiled Icing One cup granulated sugar, V± cup water, white of 1 egg. Boil sugar and water until it will run to a string when dropped from the ispoon. Beat white of egg until stiff, and into it beat the syrup. Flavor with vanilla and beat until cold and smooth. — Mrs. George W. Hellings. DeviPs Food Two cups of sugar creamed with a half cup of butter; add two arell-beaten eggs; half cup sour milk with small teaspoon soda dis- solved in it; two teaspoons of vanilla; two and two-thirds cups of flour. Stir half cup of chocolate and a half cup boiling water
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