MRS. RORER'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

MRS. RORER'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

2 ounces of chocolate,
4 eggs,
1/2 a cup of milk,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla,
1/2 a cup of butter,
1−1/2 cups of sugar,
1 heaping teaspoonful of baking powder,
1−3/4 cups of flour.

Dissolve the chocolate in five tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Beat the
butter to a cream, add the yolks, beat again, then the milk, then the melted
chocolate and flour. Give the whole a vigorous beating. Now beat the
whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and stir them carefully into the mixture;
add the vanilla and baking powder. Mix quickly and lightly, turn into
well−greased cake pan and bake in a moderate oven forty−five
minutes.