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Chocolate Cake (III)

Mrs. W. A. Carson.

One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, five eggs, leaving out two of the whites; one scant cup of milk, two full teaspoons of Cook's Friend baking powder; mix well in three cups of sifted flour ; bake in two long tins.

FOR FROSTING.-Beat whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, add a scant cup and a-half of sugar; flavour with vanilla, six tablespoons grated chocolate; the cake must be cold.

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