Chocolate Cake—II

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Time: Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

4 ozs. powdered chocolate ↝ Beverages, rich chocolate, powder [Beverages]
4 ozs. castor sugar ↝ Sugars, granulated [Sweets]
4 ozs. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
3 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
21/2 ozs. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1 small tea-spoon baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (8)

Put the chocolate into the oven to warm.
Cream the butter and sugar.
Beat the eggs until light and creamy.
Add them to the butter and sugar.
Then stir in the warmed chocolate and mix thoroughly.
Sift the flour and baking powder together and add gradually, beating hard all the time.
Beat for ten minutes.
Bake in a tin lined with greased paper in a quick oven for an hour.

Original Text

*Chocolate Cake—II

4 ozs. powdered chocolate 4 ozs. castor sugar 4 ozs. butter 3 eggs 2¹⁄₂ ozs. flour 1 small tea-spoon baking powder

Put the chocolate into the oven to warm. Cream the butter and sugar. Beat the eggs until light and creamy. Add them to the butter and sugar. Then stir in the warmed chocolate and mix thoroughly. Sift the flour and baking powder together and add gradually, beating hard all the time. Beat for ten minutes. Bake in a tin lined with greased paper in a quick oven for an hour.

[Pg 44]

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