Simple Recipe for a Chocolate Cake

A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House · Conrad, Jessie · 1923

Source: A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House
Time: Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status: success · extracted 14 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

a quarter of a pound best white flour ↝ Flour, rice, white, unenriched [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a quarter of a pound butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
the same of sifted fine white sugar ↝ Sugar, white, confectioner's, powdered [Sugars and honey]
two ounces of grated chocolate
two eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (4)

Stir the butter in a pastry bowl with the hand, one way as directed, till the butter is reduced to a smooth cream.
When this is done add the sugar (still stirring the one way).
Have the two eggs well beaten in a cup, stir them into the sugar and flour, lastly the chocolate powder.
Pour the mixture into a well-buttered cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for an hour.

Original Text

Simple Recipe for a Chocolate Cake

Take a quarter of a pound best white flour, a quarter of a pound butter, the same of sifted fine white sugar,[Pg 131] two ounces of grated chocolate, and two eggs. Stir the butter in a pastry bowl with the hand, one way as directed, till the butter is reduced to a smooth cream. When this is done add the sugar (still stirring the one way). Have the two eggs well beaten in a cup, stir them into the sugar and flour, lastly the chocolate powder. Pour the mixture into a well-buttered cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for an hour.

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