Food Cake (Layer)

Name: Food Cake (Layer)
Ingredients: 5 eggs beaten separately; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup butter; 2 cups flour; 1 small cup grated chocolate (bitter); 1 level teaspoonful of soda; 1 cup milk

From The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book, 1921

Chocolate filling: 1 cup sugar, 0.5 cup sweet milk, 3 tablespoon grated chocolate (bitter), a pinch of salt. Boil until it will cream, then remove from fire and beat hard till it is thick enough to spread.

Presented as published in 1921. 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 Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ood Cake (Layer). No. 4. 5 eggs beaten separately; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup butter; 2 cups flour; 1 small cup grated chocolate (bitter), dissolved in boiling water; 1 level teaspoonful of soda. — 115 — Mix well the beaten yolks, sugar and butter, then add 1 cup milk

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