Chocolate Layer Cake No. 1

Name: Chocolate Layer Cake No. 1
Ingredients: ⅔ cup milk; ½ teaspoon vanilla; 2 eggs; 1 tablespoon flour; 3 squares (3 oz.) chocolate; 3 tablespoons sugar; ¼ cup water; ⅓ cup milk; ¼ cup butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder; 2 cups flour

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settlement Cook Book

By Lizzie Black Kander

Published 1903

About

Ingredients

3 squares (3 oz.) chocolate
3 tablespoons sugar</

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Cook all together, stirring constantly until smooth and thick, then put it away to cool; for remainder of cake as follows:

Cream butter and sugar, adding a little of the milk, then the beaten yolks; remainder of the milk and flour sifted with the baking powder; then the cooked chocolate mixture, and flavoring. Lastly cut and fold in whites of the eggs which have been beaten very stiff.