Recipe - One Egg Devils Food

Yolk of one egg
One half cup Milk
One half cup Cocoa
Beat well & put on stove to
Cook slowly
Until a little thick Take
Off & add:
One half cup Milk
Vanilla
Butter size of an egg
1 One half cup Flour
3 teaspoon Baking powder} sifted
Twice

Bake in two layers. White frosting Boil 1 scant cup sugar with a little
water till it hairs from a spoon. Beat white of egg & pour syrup on to it
gradually stirring till cool. Put on a cold cake.

(Other recipes refer to "butter like an egg or less" or "butter like a
walnut". A recipe for Caramel Frosting is said to "thread from spoon". In
the cookie section, measurements for flour are often given as "flour to
form soft dough" or "flour to roll out".)

Recipe By : Rark

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