Yet another chocolate cake recipe…can there ever be enough? Chocolate Cake (Alice Rhoads) 2 cups brown sugar 1/2 cup butter + lard 2 eggs 1 cup sour milk 1/2 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cup flour 1 teaspoon vanilla cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Beat well add cocoa. Put baking soda in … Continue reading
Here’s another from Mabel Haas, who seems to like chocolate. :-) Fudge Squares (Mabel Haas) 4 squares chocolate 1/3 cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup Kellogs All Bran 1/2 cup nut meats 1 teaspoon vanilla Melt chocolate over hot water. Add butter. Beat eggs until light add ot butter to chocolate, … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake (Mabel Haas) 1 cup granulated sugar 2 heaping tablespoon butter 1 or 2 eggs Add 1 cup milk 1 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup cocoa 1 tablespoon soda 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 tablespoon vinegar Beat white of eggs put in last
One way I find source material for this blog is to troll ebay and pray that some recipe collector doesn’t snipe the items I want. Recently I have bid on several handwritten recipe journals dating from the early 20th century and earlier. Most I either gave up on because the price was just too rich … Continue reading
I originally expected this to be a black & white pie because of the name, Chess Pie, but it is not. This is a creamy vanilla pudding pie baked and I bet decadent. Note that there is no cooking time, so I’d suggest starting at 30 minutes, although I don’t know exactly what “done” looks … Continue reading
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