| Five Minute Devels Food Cake----1935 |
| 2 cups sugar 1-2 cups shortening 2 eggs 1-2 cups sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup boiling water 2 heaping tablespoons cocoa 2 cups flour First light the oven and put cup of water on to boil, then grease pan. Next put the sugar, shortening and egg in mixing bowl and mix well. Add the sour milk in which the soda has been dessolved. Add cocoa, flour, salt and vanilla. Mix thoroughly and add last the boiling water. Mix quickly and bake in loaf pan in water in slow oven for about 1 hour. This cake must be mixed and put in oven quickly. Cover the cake with the filling made as follows. To about 2 cups of powdered sugar, add 1 tabelspoon cocoa, 1 tablespoon butter, vannilla and enough cold coffee to make it of consistency to spread. |
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