Will's Sunday Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-4 teaspoon salt
• 1-2 cup butter or other shortening
• 1 cup sour milk
• 1 1-2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 squares unsweeten-ed chocolate, melted
• 2 eggs, unbeaten

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda, and salt and sift together three times.

2. 2

   Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy.

3. 3

   Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.

4. 4

   Add chocolate and blend.

5. 5

   Add flour, alternately with milk, a little at a time, beating after each addition.

6. 6

   Add vanilla.

7. 7

   Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans about 30 minutes.

8. 8

   Put together with custard filling, and cover sides and top of cake with chocolate frosting.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Old-time recipes (1947) by Esther Wray, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ILL’'S SUNDAY CAKE 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 eggs, unbeaten 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 squares unsweeten- 1-4 teaspoon salt ed chocolate, melted 1-2 cup butter or other shortening 1 cup sour milk 1 1-2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla

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