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CHOCOLATE  CAKE
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CHOCOLATE CAKE

18 ingredients 6 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1051
Calories
29g
Protein
40g
Fat
138g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Water not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0
Tea not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one cup butter
  • one cup sweet milk
  • one teaspoon cream tartar
  • one-half cups of flour
  • one-half cups of powdered sugar
  • two teaspoons vanilla
  • three cups pulverized sugar
  • five cups flour
  • one cup water
  • two tablespoons of hot water
  • a small teaspoon of cochineal to soak in two tablespoons of hot water
  • a piece of swiss muslin into three-fourths teacup of the cake batter
  • five eggs
  • two eggs
  • six large tablespoons grated chocolate
  • ten eggs
  • three tea
  • three-fourths teacup of the cake batter

Directions

1

C. A. Tinkham.

2

One cup butter, two of sugar, five eggs (leaving out the whites of two), one cup sweet milk, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half of soda, both dissolved in the milk, three and one-half cups of flour, scant measure. For frosting : Take the whites of the two eggs, one and one-half cups of powdered sugar, six large tablespoons grated chocolate, two teaspoons vanilla ; frost while the cake is hot.

3

COCHmEAL MARBLE CAKE.

4

Mrs. Anna Yocum, Cairo, 111.

5

One cup butter, three cups pulverized sugar, five cups flour, one cup water, ten eggs (whites only), three tea- . spoons yeast powder sifted with flour ; cream the buttei and sugar by stirring together; beat the whites of the eggs to a froth, and gradually add all together. Before beginning the cake, put a small teaspoon of cochineal to soak in two tablespoons of hot water; bruise it with a spoon, and strain through a piece of Swiss muslin into three-fourths teacup of the cake batter, and as you pour the batter into the cake tin, marble with the red dough. A little practice will produce very satisfactory results.

6

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By Home for the Friendless (Chicago, Ill.) · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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