French Chocolate Cake

Original Recipe

The whites of seven eggs, two cups of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, one cup of milk and three of flour and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder. The chocolate part of the cake is made just the same, only use the yolks of the eggs with a cup of grated chocolate stirred into it. Bake it in layers--the layers being light and dark; then spread a custard between them, which is made with two eggs, one pint of milk, one-half cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of flour or cornstarch; when cool flavor with vanilla, two teaspoonfuls. Fine.

Ingredients

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  • 7 eggs
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of butter
  • 1 cup of milk and three of flour and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • 1 cup of grated chocolate stirred into it
  • 1 custard between them
  • 1 pint of milk
  • 1 tablespoonful of flour or cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoonfuls

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Instructions

  1. 1

    The whites of seven eggs, two cups of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, one cup of milk and three of flour and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder.

  2. 2

    The chocolate part of the cake is made just the same, only use the yolks of the eggs with a cup of grated chocolate stirred into it.

  3. 3

    Bake it in layers--the layers being light and dark; then spread a custard between them, which is made with two eggs, one pint of milk, one-half cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of flour or cornstarch; when cool flavor with vanilla, two teaspoonfuls.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)