CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE

Another delightful layer cake is the chocolate nut layer cake given in the accompanying recipe. The layers are put together with a thick layer of white boiled icing, and the top one is covered with a covering of the same.

CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE

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1/4 c. butter
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1 c. sugar
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1 egg
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1 c. milk
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2 c. flour
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4 tsp. baking powder
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2 sq. chocolate
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1/2 c. chopped nuts
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1 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, beat the egg, and add it to the mixture. Stir in alternately the milk and the flour and baking powder. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and stir this into the dough. Fold in the chopped nuts, add the vanilla, and bake in a loaf or two rather thin layers.

If baked in layers, remove them from the pans and cool. Ice the first layer with a very thick covering of white boiled icing almost as thick as the layer itself. Place the second layer of cake on top of this and cover with another thick layer of icing.

SOUR-MILK CHOCOLATE CAKE

A very good chocolate cake can be made by using sour milk instead of sweet milk. In such cake, soda takes the place of baking powder, for, as has already been learned, the leavening is produced by the action of the soda on the acid in the milk.

SOUR-MILK CHOCOLATE CAKE

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1/2 c. butter
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1-1/4 c. sugar
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1 egg
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2 sq. chocolate
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2-1/4 c. flour
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3/4 tsp. soda

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1 c. sour milk
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1 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar, and cream well together. Beat the egg and add to the butter and sugar. Melt the chocolate. Sift the flour and soda together, and add to the mixture alternately with the sour milk. Beat well together and add the vanilla and melted chocolate. Pour into a loaf-cake pan and bake.

DEVIL'S FOOD

Sometimes an entirely dark cake is desired. In such an event, devil's food, in which both chocolate and spices are used for flavoring, should be prepared. Such a cake is baked in a thick layer and is covered with chocolate icing.

DEVIL'S FOOD

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1/4 c. butter
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1-1/4 c. sugar
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2 eggs
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2 c. flour
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4 tsp. baking powder
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1 tsp. cinnamon
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1/2 tsp. cloves
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1/2 tsp. ginger
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1/2 tsp. nutmeg
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3/4 c. milk
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2 sq. bitter chocolate
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1 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, and beat the eggs and add them. Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg together, and add the milk alternately with these dry ingredients. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and stir into the cake mixture. Add the vanilla. Bake in a flat pan in a thick layer. Ice with chocolate icing and cut into 2-inch squares.