A 1935 recipe saved to an old personal homemade cookbook by cutting and pasting the clipping.
4 tablespoons fat [This means Lard or butter ok?]
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour milk
1/2 cup water
2 baking chocolate squares
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
Boiled Frosting
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1. Cut the chcolate into small pieces. Add water and cook for 1 minute. Stir constantly. Cool.
2. Cream fat and sugar. Add the rest of the ingredients including chocolate mix. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour into shallow
pan fitted with wax paper.
3. Bake 30 minutes in a moderately slow oven. [approx 325F].
4. Cool and frost.
5. Boiled Frosting:.
6. Mix the sugar, vinegar and water. Mix well. Boil gently without stirring until a fine thread forms when a portion
is poured from the spoon. Pour at once into beaten egg white. Beat until thick and creamy. Add vanilla and frost your cake.
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