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the cake is done turn it out on a sieve ; 

 while hot put on the icing. Choice Re- 

 ceipts. 



Chocolate Cake (4). 



One cup of butter ; two cups of sugar ; 

 three cups of flour ; half cup sweet milk ; 

 half teaspoonful soda ; one teaspoonful of 

 cream tartar ; seven eggs. Chocolate 

 Cream: Quarter of a pound of Baker's 

 best vanilla chocolate ; one gill of sweet 

 milk ; one egg ; sugar to taste. Rub butter 

 and sugar together ; beat the seven eggs 

 until they are very light ; put the cream of 

 tartar in the flour and the soda in the milk ; 

 mix all well, and bake in four Washington- 

 pie plates. While this is baking scald the 

 gill of milk and the chocolate together ; 

 beat one egg thoroughly and stir it in ; add 

 sugar to taste. When the cake is done 

 spread the chocolate cream between the 

 layers and upon the tops of the cakes. 

 Choice Receipts. 



