To begin this vintage chocolate cake recipe, cream butter or shortening add sugar, gradually, yolks of eggs well beaten, milk, flour, salt, baking powder, grated chocolate, citron, and raisins. Chocolate Cake with Fruitġ cup sugar, 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup grated chocolate, 3/4 cup butter or shortening 5 eggs 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 cupful sultana raisins 1/2 cup candied chopped citron peel. Beat until thick enough to spread on cake. Add 2 cups confectioner's sugar alternately with 3 tablespoons thin cream. After cake is cooled and iced (below), it can be cut in squares.īlend 1/4 cup of shortening with 2 egg yolks and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
After cake has baked 5 minutes, sprinkle top with crushed peppermint candy. Pour into greased 8x12-inch oblong pan.īake in a moderate oven (350☏) 30 to 40 minutes. Fold in egg whites beaten stiff but not dry. Add alternately with water to shortening mixture. Chocolate Mint Cakeġ/2 cup shortening 1-1/2 cups sugar 2-1/2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup water 1 tablespoon lemon juice 4 egg whites 1/2 cup finely crushed peppermint candyīeat shortening and sugar until light and airy. Immediately before adding the soda, add to the ingredients 3/4 cup boiling water. Old Time Chocolate Fudge Layer Cakeġ-3/4 cups flour 1-1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 ounces grated chocolate 1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon baking soda (dissolved in tablespoon water) Pour over cake when still hot from the oven. Heat to boiling point and pour over sugar in another bowl. Coca-Cola® Icingġ/2 cup butter 2 tablespoons cocoa 6 tablespoons Coca-Cola 2 cups confectioners' sugar 1 cup walnutsĬombine butter, cocoa, and Coca-Cola in saucepan. Bake at 350☏ for about 35 minutes, until done. Pour Coca-Cola mixture over flour and sugar and mix throughly.Īdd sour milk, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and marshmallows. Heat butter, cocoa, and Coca-Cola to boiling point in saucepan. (Coca-Cola is a registered trademark of Coca-Cola Company.)Ģ cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 cup butter 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 cup Coca-Cola 1/2 cup sour milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1-1/2 cups miniature marshmallowsĬombine flour and sugar in large bowl. It's a homemade cake that combines chocolate with the unmistakeable flavor of real Coca-Cola, and its fudge-like icing also contains Coke, fully complimenting the unique taste experience. This vintage chocolate cake recipe is a Southern classic. When cake is almost cold, cover with chocolate icing (below). Turn from pan and while still warm, cover bottom with marshmallows that have been rinsed with cold water and cut in halves crosswise. Beat after each addition until smooth.īake in greased pan, 8 x 8 x 2 inches, in moderate oven (325☏) 1 hour. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy.Īdd chocolate and blend then add egg and vanilla. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt and sift together three times. Johnston Chocolate Marshmallow CakeĢ cups sifted cake flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 squares Baker's unsweetened chocolate (melted), 1 egg well beaten, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 3/4 cup milk, marshmallows. Bake in a long pan at 350☏ don't make the batter too stiff. And it makes a delicious cake!ġ-1/2 cups of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of butter or shortening, 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup of cocoa, 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda sifted with flour, 2 teaspoons vanilla. Johnston claimed this vintage chocolate cake recipe was easy to make, and it is.
Or, by simply pressing down on the middle of the cake with your finger and if it springs back, it should be done and ready to remove from the oven for cooling. You can easily tell whether your cakes are done when you insert a toothpick, and it comes out clean. Bake at 350☏ for 30 to 35 minutes, or until your cakes test ready.