GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE.
- ½ C shortening
- 2 C brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cake Germain's Sweet Chocolate dissolved in ½ C hot water
- 1 C sour milk with ½ t soda
- 2⅔ C flour
- 2 t baking pdr.
- ⅛ t salt
- Frosting
- 2 oz. bitter chocolate
- 1 C powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 t vanilla
- ¼ C milk
- 1 T soft butter
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Beat well. Add chocolate, and then milk and dry ingredients alternately. Bake in 3 8" pans at 350° until tester comes out clean.
When cool ice with frosting.
Frosting: Melt chocolate. Mix 1 C sugar, egg, vanilla, milk and butter. Place bowl this mixture in pan of cold water. Add melted chocolate. Beat with rotary beater until stiff. For variation add 2 drops peppermint extract.
