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Manitou Black Cake

3 ounces chocolate Yolk of 1 egg (save white for frosting) 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup sugar 1⅜ cups Five Roses flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon soda ½ cup milk (making 1½ cups in all) 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch of salt Melt the chocolate over hot water, and add gradually to it the well-beaten yolk of egg mixed with the 1 cup of milk (first mentioned above). Cook till it thickens slightly. Cream the butter and sugar, add the chocolate mixture and stir well. Add the mixed and sifted dry ingredients alternately with the remaining half cup of milk. Mix well. Flavor. The batter should be quite thin. Bake. When cool, frost with boiled frosting, using the leftover white of egg.