Desserts

Hot Milk Sponge Cake

4 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup boiling milk or water
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon lemon extract
4 stiffly beaten egg white

     Beat egg yolks until very thick; add sugar gradually and continue beating. Add milk; mix well and add sifted dry ingredients. Mix until smooth and add extract. Fold in egg whites. Bake in an ungreased cake pan in a slow 325 degree oven for one hour. Invert pan to cool, then frost.

June 3, 1948 Gem Valley Chronicle Grace Idaho

Magic Chocolate Frosting

2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 1/3 cups sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon water

     Melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Add sweetened, condensed milk, then stir over boiling water five minutes until the mixture thickens. Add water. Cool. Spread on cold cake. This recipes makes enough frosting for the top and sides of two nine inch layers. 

June 3, 1948 Gem Valley Chronicle Grace Idaho