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182 British Columbia Women’s Institutes

GRANDMA NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE
This is quite a common recipe but it is typical of the modern one-bowl cake.
Practically foolproof—that makes modern cooking so much easier than in
pioneer times. If you measure the ingredients you can get the children to
whip it up while you get the supper.

Sift 134 cups of all purpose flour with 44 cup cocoa, 114 cups granulated
sugar, and 1% teaspoon salt, add %4 cup softened butter and one cup sour
milk or buttermilk and desired flavoring (vanilla or lemon extract).
Beat hard 2 minutes, add 2 unbeaten eggs, beat another 2 minutes.
Bake in 8” pan (lightly greased and floured). 55 to 60 minutes oven at
oon deo F.

CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

] cup sugar 2 cups flour
Y% cup shortening 4 tsp baking powder
Cream well. 3 tbsp Nielson’s Cocoa
1 tsp vanilla Sift, and add alternately with 1 c. milk
2 eggs—beat well and add to sugar
mixture
Put in 2 layer cake tins, and bake in 350° oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
FILLING
1 cup walnuts (rolled) 14 cup (scant) sugar
1 egg 14 cup milk

pinch of salt
Cook together, stirring constantly until it thickens. Add ¥% tsp. vanilla. Cool.

ICING
cream 1 tbsp butter

Add 1 egg, 1 cup icing sugar, Y2 tsp. vanilla, 4% cup milk, and 3 squares
unsweetened chocolate. Set bowl in pan of cold water and beat until firm.

CHOCOLATE SPICE CAKE

% cup butter 14 tsp cloves 1 cup sour milk
2 cups sugar 14 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp soda
2 cups flour 4 eggs 2 squares melted chocolate

1 tsp cinnamon
Sift dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, add beaten yolks
of eggs. Stir the soda in the sour milk, add this alternately with the dry
ingredients and then add the chocolate. Beat egg whites until stiff but not
dry, fold these in carefully. Bake in large pan in moderate oven (350°)
about 35 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CUP CAKES

4 cup shortening 14 tsp salt

1 cup sugar 14 tsp soda

2 eggs 34, cup milk

2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla

2 tsp baking powder 214 squares unsweetened chocolate

Cream shortening, add sugar slowly, add well beaten egg yolks. Sift dry
ingredients together and add alternately with milk. Add vanilla and melted
chocolate. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in greased muffin tins in
moderate oven 375° F. for 25 minutes.

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