American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Chocolate Cake. No. 3

Original Recipe

Two cups sugar, one cup butter, yolks of five eggs and whites of two and one cup milk. Thoroughly mix two teaspoonfuls baking powder with three and one-half cups flour while dry; then mix all together. Bake in jelly tins. Mixture for Filling.--Whites of three eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, one teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat together and spread between the layers and on top of the cake.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 5 eggs and whites of two and one cup milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate
  • 1 teaspoonful of vanilla

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two cups sugar, one cup butter, yolks of five eggs and whites of two and one cup milk.

  2. 2

    Thoroughly mix two teaspoonfuls baking powder with three and one-half cups flour while dry; then mix all together.

  3. 3

    Bake in jelly tins. _Mixture for Filling._--Whites of three eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, one teaspoonful of vanilla.

  4. 4

    Beat together and spread between the layers and on top of the cake.

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