The Catskill Cook Book

A whole Hudson Valley village's best recipes, signed by name — compiled by the Ladies' Sewing Society of St. Luke's Church in 1911.

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Black Chocolate Cake (Two eggs one and one-half cups)

Two eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one and one-half cups of flour, one-half cup of sour milk or cream (when cream is used, scant one-half cup of butter), a pinch of soda in the milk, a teaspoon of baking powder, two squares of chocolate dissolved in one-half cup of boiling water.

— Mrs. Walton Van Loan

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