Chocolate Ice Box Cake

• 8 egg yolks
• 6 ounces sugar
• ¾ pint milk</

Combine egg yolks and sugar in the top of a double saucepan and work the mixture with a wooden spoon until smooth. Bring the milk to a boil and add vanilla extract; then add milk gradually to the yolk mixture, stirring rapidly with a wire whisk. Cook over boiling water until the mixture becomes smooth and thick. Do not allow mixture to boil, or it will curdle.

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