GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE.
Reading edition
½ C shortening
2 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cake Germain's Sweet Chocolate dissolved in ½ C hot water
1 C sour milk with ½ t soda
2⅔ C flour
2 t baking pdr.
⅛ t salt
Frosting
2 oz. bitter chocolate
1 C powdered sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla
¼ C milk
1 T soft butter
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Beat well. Add chocolate, and then milk and dry ingredients alternately. Bake in 3 8" pans at 350° until tester comes out clean.
When cool ice with frosting.
Frosting: Melt chocolate. Mix 1 C sugar, egg, vanilla, milk and butter. Place bowl this mixture in pan of cold water. Add melted chocolate. Beat with rotary beater until stiff. For variation add 2 drops peppermint extract.
