Famous Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1% cup shortening, half butter—half Crisco
• 1144 cups sugar
• 2 squares unsweetened Baker’s chocolate, melted
• eggs, separated
• cups sifted cake flour
• teaspoon baking soda
• teaspoon vanilla
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream shortening, add sugar gradually until fluffy.

2. 2

   Add vanilla and beaten egg yolk, then melted chocolate.

3. 3

   Sift dry ingredients together three times and add alternately with sour milk.

4. 4

   Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.

5. 5

   Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Waldensian cookery (1957), page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FAMOUS CHOCOLATE CAKE 1% cup shortening, half butter—half Crisco 1144 cups sugar 2 squares unsweetened Baker’s cho- colate, melted eggs, separated cups sifted cake flour teaspoon baking soda teaspoon vanilla 14 teaspoon salt 1 cup sour milk

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