Choice Recipes

Walter Baker's 1912 chocolate book — the story of La Belle Chocolatiere, and choice recipes for cocoa and chocolate.

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Vassar Fudge

2 cups of white granulated sugar, 1 tablespoonful of butter, 1 cup of cream, 1/4 a cake of Baker's Premium No. 1 Chocolate. Put…

Chocolate Coating

About 1 cup of fondant, 2 squares Baker's Premium No. 1 Chocolate, 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract, Few drops of water, as…

Choice Chocolate Pecan Pralines

3 cups of granulated sugar, 1 cup of cream, 1 cup of sugar cooked to caramel, 2 squares of Baker's Premium No. 1 Chocolate, 3…

Hot Chocolate Sauce

1 cup of boiling water, Pinch of salt, 1 square of Walter Baker's Premium No. 1 Chocolate, 1/2 a cup of sugar. Cook all together…

Chocolate Creams 1

White 1 egg, 1/2 tablespoon cold water, 1 lb. confectioner's sugar, 3/4 teaspoon vanilla, Walter Baker & Co.'s Dot Chocolate. Put…

Chocolate Caramel Cake Part I

1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water, 1 1/2 squares Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 Chocolate. Put sugar in a smooth granite ware…

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