Chocolate Cake

dessert · from the kitchen of Mrs. Kensare [illegible: Kensare?]

Chocolate Cake — front of the card
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Chocolate Cake — back of the card
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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

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