_BISHOP’S CAKE_
1½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
3 eggs, well-beaten
1 cup granulated sugar
1 Economy Size Bar (7 oz.) Nestlé’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate
2 cups coarsely chopped walnut meats
1 cup coarsely cut-up dates
1 cup halved candied cherries
Cut chocolate into pieces the size of a pea.
Sift the dry ingredients together three times.
Add the sugar to the well-beaten eggs, and beat again.
Add the chocolate, nuts, dates and cherries to the flour mixture. Then
fold this into the egg mixture.
Pour into a greased loaf pan, about 9½″ x 5½″ x 2¾″, with bottom lined
with waxed paper. Bake in moderate oven of 325° F. for 1½ hours.
Tested and approved by Good Housekeeping Institute.
_CHOCOLATE DATE NUT CAKE_
¼ cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 Economy Size Bar (7 oz.) Nestlé’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate
2½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¾ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped dates
½ cup chopped walnuts
Melt chocolate in double boiler.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and melted chocolate, mix thoroughly.
Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and spices three times. Add to
chocolate mixture alternately with milk.
Beat well. Add vanilla, dates and nuts.
Bake in greased loaf tin at 375° F. 40 to 45 minutes.
(Serve with Foamy Lemon Sauce.)
_CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE_
1 Economy Size Bar (7 oz.) Nestlé’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate
½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs well beaten
2 cups sifted cake flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
grated rind of one orange
Melt chocolate in double boiler.
Cream together butter and sugar.
Add eggs, beat well.
Sift flour, salt and baking powder three times. Add flour mixture
alternately with milk. Mix after each addition. Add vanilla.
Divide batter in half. To one half, add grated rind; to other half, add
melted chocolate.
Place alternate spoonfuls of the two batters side by side in greased
loaf tin. Cut through batter with a spatula several times in each
direction.
Bake at 350° F. for about 50 minutes.
_STANDARD ONE-EGG CAKE_
1½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
2½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup butter
⅔ cup sugar
1 egg
½ cup milk
¾ teaspoon vanilla
Sift flour with baking powder and salt three times.
Cream butter, add sugar gradually, beat. Add beaten egg.
Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Beat. Add vanilla. Bake at
350° F. for 30 minutes.
_ECONOMY DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE_
⅓ cup butter
¾ cup sugar
1 egg, unbeaten
1 Economy Size Bar (7 oz.) Nestlé’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate
½ cup thick sour cream
¾ cup sweet milk
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
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