Mocha Cake

Ingredients

• three eggs
• one cupful of granulated sugar
• one teaspoonful of vanilla extract
• one tablespoonful of milk
• one cupful of sifted flour
• one teaspoonful of baking-powder
• one-half pound of unsalted butter
• one-quarter pound of sugar
• the yolks of three eggs

Method

1. 1

   Beat eggs well, whites and yolks separately; cream sugar with yolks, vanilla, milk, and then add flour with baking powder.

2. 2

   Fold in beaten whites.

3. 3

   Bake in a buttered tin in a moderate oven, and when cold, divide into four layers.

4. 4

   Brush each layer with strong black coffee, then fill with a mixture of creamed butter and sugar, beaten yolks, and strong black coffee.

As published

This recipe was extracted from High living (1904) by Linie Loyall McLaren,, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MOCHA CAKE — Beat three eggs well, whites and yolks separately ; cream one cupful of granulated sugar with the yolks, one teaspoonful of vanilla extract, one tablespoonful of milk, and then one cupful of sifted flour, to which one teaspoonful of baking-pov/der has been added. When these have been well mixed, fold in the well- beaten whites of three eggs. Bake in a buttered tin in a moderate oven, and when cold divide into four layers with a strong linen thread. Brush each layer with some strong, black coffee, then fill with the following mixture : Filling — Cream one-half pound of unsalted butter with one-quarter pound of sugar, stirring till smooth. Beat in, one by one, the yolks of three eggs

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