Chocolate Layer Cake

Name: Chocolate Layer Cake
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 teaspoon carbonate of soda; 2 ounces cornflour; ½ pound castor sugar; 4 egg yolks; 6 ounces plain flour; preserved fruits or finely chopped pistachio nuts; ¼ pint milk; 4 egg whites; chocolate butter icing; chocolate glacé icing; ¼ pound butter, softened; grated rind of 1 orange; grated rind of 1 lemon

Appears in

The Robert Carrier Cookbook

By Robert Carrier

Published 1965

About

Ingredients

¼ pound butter, softened
grated rind of 1 orange
grated rind of 1

Cake
Preserve
Vegetarian

Method

Whisk softened butter in electric mixer until light and creamy. Combine grated orange and lemon rind with sugar and add to butter, beating them well together. Beat in egg yolks with a spoonful of flour. Combine cream of tartar and carbonate of soda with remaining flour and cornflour, and add them gradually to the other ingredients along with the milk. Whip egg whites to a stiff froth, and fold