A recipe for making an inexpensive fruit cake – One cup of syrup, One-half cup of brown sugar, One-half cup of shortening, One egg. Cream well and then add Three cups of flour, One-half cup of cocoa, Three level tablespoons of baking powder, One cup of black coffee, One level tablespoon of cinnamon, One teaspoon …
A recipe for making an inexpensive dark chocolate layer cake – 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 2 eggs. 1/2 cup sweet milk. 2 cups flour sifted with 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. 1/2 cup chocolate. Grate the chocolate, mix with 1/4 cup of milk and yolk of 1 egg, sweeten to taste; cook the chocolate; …
This is a decidedly good cake and no eggs are required. Cream together 1 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter. Add 1 cup of sour milk, 1-3/4 cups flour, then sift over 1-1/2 tablespoonfuls of cocoa. Add 1 level teaspoonful saleratus, dissolved in a little of the sour milk, and 1 teaspoonful vanilla. Bake in …