Economical Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• one cup sugar
• one-half cup butter
• one-half cup sweet milk
• two eggs
• two cups flour
• two level teaspoons of baking powder
• one cup sugar
• one-half cup milk
• two squares Baker's chocolate
• one teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Mix sugar, butter, milk, and eggs.

2. 2

   Sift flour and baking powder, mix well, and bake in layers.

3. 3

   For icing, boil sugar and milk, then add melted chocolate and vanilla.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 79. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ECONOMICAL CHOCOLATE CAKE. Mrs. M. Cameron, 1237 Arapahoe street, Los Angeles— One cup sugar, one-half cup but- ter, one-half cup sweet milk, two eggs, beat separate; sift two cups flour and add two level teaspoons of baking powder; mix well and bake in two layers. For Icing, take one cup sugar, one-half cup milk and boil very slowly for twenty minutes. Melt two squares Baker's chocolate and one teaspoon vanilla and add after icing has boiled; beat until cool enough to ice. NO. 38. FIG CAKE. Miss C. Hernstein, 2302 Budlong avenue. Los Angeles— Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup cold water, three cups seeded raisins, one pound figs chopped fine, three cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, one egg. Bake slowly. NO. 39. FIG CAKE. M. F. B., 764 Towne avenue, Los Angeles— Take one cup sugar, one-half cup butter

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