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Chocolate Cake (3). 



One very full cup of butter ; two cups of 

 sugar ; three and a half cups of flour ; one 

 cup, not quite full, of milk ; five eggs ; one 

 teaspoonful cream of tartar ; half teaspoon- 

 ful soda. Icing: Whites of two eggs; 

 one and a half cups of pulverized sugar ; 

 two teaspoonfuls of essence of vanilla ; six 

 tablespoonfuls of grated vanilla (Baker's) 

 chocolate ; beat the yolks of the five and 

 the whites of the three eggs separately, 

 until they are as light as they can be made ; 

 put the cream of tartar in the flour ; dis- 

 solve the soda in a little of the milk ; rub 

 the butter and sugar to a cream ; add the 

 eggs, milk, flour, and soda ; pour the mixt- 

 ure into a large, shallow pan, well but- 

 tered, and put it in the oven. While it is 

 baking make the icing by beating the 

 whites of the two eggs to a stiff froth, and 

 stir the sugar in well ; add the grated 

 chocolate and the essence of vanilla ; when 



