Chocolate Cake Recipe 1

Ingredients for Chocolate Cake Recipe 1

For Cake:

• 1 cup sugar
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup grated chocolate
• ¾ cup vegetable shortening
• 5 eggs, yolks and whites separated
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup sultana raisins
• ½ cup candied chopped citron peel

For Chocolate Frosting:

• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 2 squares melted bitter chocolate
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 6 tablespoons coffee
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For cake:

1. Cream shortening; add sugar gradually, yolks of eggs well beaten, milk, flour, salt, baking powder, grated chocolate, citron, and raisins.
2. Mix and beat batter for two minutes, then fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs.
3. Turn into greased and floured tin; bake for one and a quarter hours in a moderate oven.
4. Cool completely and cover with frosting.

For chocolate frosting:

1. Cream shortening into sugar.
2. Melt chocolate, add coffee, sugar, salt, and shortening; stir until thick, then add vanilla and chill.
3. When completely chilled, spread on cake.
4. This frosting may be used any time.
5. It is just as good made one day and used the next by adding a little more hot coffee.
6. It is always soft, creamy and delicious.
7. Sufficient for one cake.