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Devils Food Cake (C thick sour milk squares)

12 C thick sour milk 2 squares bitter chocolate 12 C boiling water 1 t soda 1 t vanilla Cream shortening, add sugar. Cream until light and fluffy. Add well-beaten eggs. Sift flour and baking powder and salt, and add alternately with sour milk to butter mixture. Pour boiling water into melted chocolate; mix quickly. Add soda to chocolate-stir until thick. Cool slightly before adding to cake batter. Mix thoroughly, add vanilla and pour into two layer cake pans. Bake in moderate oven for 25 minutes. Mrs. J. B. Peaco.

Note: Mrs. W. G. Wells uses 14 C flour and ½t baking powder.