4 ounces unsweetened chocolate.
1 cup sugar.
1/2 cup butter milk or sour milk.
1/2 cup cake flour sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or shortening
3/4 cups sugar
3 eggs well beaten
1 cup butter milk or sour milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Method:
Melt the chocolate in the top pan of a double boiler.
And the 1 cup sugar and half cup butter milk and stir over boiling water until sugar is dissolved. Cool.
Sift flour once Add baking powder, soda, and salt and sift together three times.
Cream butter thoroughly and add the 3/4 Sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and beat well.
Add approximately one quarter of the flour mixture to the eggs mix thoroughly.
Add the chocolate mixture and blend well.
Add the remaining flour alternately with the 1 cup butter milk a small amount at a time.
Beat very thoroughly after each addition.
Add vanilla extract.
Bake in greased15x9x2 inch pan in a moderate oven (350°F) for 30 minutes or until the cake is done.
Remove from oven and cool.
When the cake is cold trim the edges and cut in half crosswise.
Put together as a two layer cake matching edges carefully.
Spread tops and sides with fudge frosting.
