Clara's chocolate cake^
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Shortening or lard |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 2 | Squares chocolate | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Boiling water |
| ¾ | cup | Sour milk |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla |
Directions
Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. dissolve baking soda in milk.
Meantime, beat together sugar and shortening. Add chocolate. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Stir in milk. Add flour, salt and vanilla. Pour into greased and floured pans and bake in a moderate oven for about 40-45 minutes.
Many of the recipes in this collection did not contain amounts or oven temperatures. I have typed them in as they appear in the book, typos and all.
Depression Era Recipes Patricia R. Wagner ISBN 0-934860-55-6 Entered by Carolyn Shaw 5-95
Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 07-10-95