Chocolate Layer Cake

#96
Dessert Cake

Original Recipe Card

Original recipe card for Chocolate Layer Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 3 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 3 scant cupfuls Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

  1. Cream the sugar and butter together, add the milk and the baking powder, which has been sifted with the flour; now add the vanilla.
  2. Pour into layer cake tins and bake in a hot oven.
  3. When done, ice with chocolate icing.
  4. For Chocolate Icing, see recipe No. 565 and add some finely grated chocolate.
  5. For the Chocolate Filling, see recipe No. 526.