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The Cake and Biscuit Book

by Elizabeth Douglas

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*Chocolate Cake — II

4 ozs. powdered chocolate
4 ozs. castor sugar
4 ozs. butter
3 eggs
2¹⁄₂ ozs. flour
1 small tea-spoon baking powder

Put the chocolate into the oven to warm. Cream the butter and sugar. Beat the eggs until light and creamy. Add them to the butter and sugar. Then stir in the warmed chocolate and mix thoroughly. Sift the flour and baking powder together and add gradually, beating hard all the time. Beat for ten minutes. Bake in a tin lined with greased paper in a quick oven for an hour.

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