Chocolate Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: 1/4 lb bitter chocolate 3 egg yolks 1 1/2 cup milk 1/4 lb butter 2 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1 "scant" tsp baking soda 2 "kitchen spoons" warm water 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 "scant" tsp baking powder
Filling: 2 squares Baker's Bitter Chocolate "butter, size of walnut" 2 kitchen spoons of flour 1 cup sugar 1 cup milk
Chocolate icing: 2 square bitter chocolate 1 tsp butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup coffee cream 1 tsp butter 1 tbsp vanilla
White icing: 1 cup sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cream of tartar 2 egg whites, unbeaten 3 tbsp water 1 1/4 tsp vanilla
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Directions:Cake: Melt 1/4 lb bitter chocolate in double boiler. Beat yolk of one egg and 1 cup milk then stir into melted chocolate making a smooth custard. Cream 1/4 lb butter; add 2 cups sugar until well blended. Add 2 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks. Then add chocolate custard. Alternating, add 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup milk to batter. Dissolve one "scant" tsp baking soda and 2 kitchen spoons of warm water then add to the batter. Add 2 tsp vanilla extract. Add one "scant' tsp of baking powder. Bake at 325 for ?? (?until done).
Fillings: Melt 2 squares of Baker's Bitter Chocolate with butter the size of a walnut. Mix two heaping kitchen spoons of flour with cup sugar. Alternating, add flour mixture and one cup milk until a very thick custard forms.
Chocolate Icing: Melt two squares of bitter chocolate; add one tsp butter. Alternating, add 1 1/2 cups of sugar and 1/2 cup coffee cream to chocolate mixture. Cook until it forms a soft ball in water. Add one tsp butter, one tbsp vanilla. Beat until thick but not hard.
White icing: Mix ingredients and beat 2-3 minutes while cooking in a double boiler. |
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Notes: There were no further directions but I assume the cake is cut in half to make two layers so that filling can be placed in between.
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