Chocolate Cake

Name: Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: one cake
Ingredients: 2 cups brown sugar; ½ cup shortening; ½ cup cocoa; ½ cup sweet milk; ½ cup hot water; 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in the hot water; 2 cups flour; 1 egg, beaten and added last; Vanilla, amount not specified; Salt, amount not specified

dessert~55 minfrom the kitchen of Mrs. Kensare [illegible: Kensare?]Phoebe Butler’s recipe box

brown sugar · shortening · cocoa · milk · water · baking soda · flour · egg · vanilla · salt

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20 min active · 55 min total · one cake (times estimated)

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar
½ cup shortening
½ cup cocoa
½ cup sweet milk
½ cup hot water
1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in the hot water
2 cups flour
1 egg, beaten and added last
Vanilla, amount not specified
Salt, amount not specified

Steps

Cream together the shortening and brown sugar until well combined.
Mix in the cocoa.
Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sweet milk.
Stir in the flour and a pinch of salt; add vanilla to taste.
Beat the egg separately and fold it in last.
Pour batter into a greased pan and bake at 375 °F until a toothpick comes out clean (baking time not specified on card).