Chocolate Cake a la Creole

Name: Chocolate Cake a la Creole (Gateau au Chocolat a la Creole)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 4 Tablespoonfuls of Grated Chocolate, or 2 Ounces; ½ Cupful of Milk; A Teaspoonful of Vanilla; A Heaping Teaspoonful of Baking Powder; 1¾ Cupfuls of Flour; ½ Cupfuls of Sugar; ½ Cupful of Butter; 4 Eggs

Gateau au Chocolat a la Creole

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

About

Ingredients

1¾ Cupfuls of Flour
½ Cupfuls of Sugar
½ Cupful

Americas
United States
Dessert
Cake
New Orleans
Vegetarian

Method

Beat the butter to a cream, and gradually add the sugar, beating constantly. When very light, add the yolks of the eggs, and beat till these are very light. Then add the milk and the Chocolate, which you will have dissolved in four tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Mix thoroughly, and add by degrees