1 cup butter
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 cup flour
3 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
2 unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
Directions
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ea CHOCOLATE ICING 1/2 c butter CAKE: Cream
butter until fluffy. Add sugar and cream well. Add eggs one at a
time. Beat well. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add
alternating with milk ending with flour. Beat on low speed. Add
vanilla.
Pour into greased, floured pans. Makes three layers. Bake at 350
for 30 minutes. Test for doneness.
CHOCOLATE ICING: Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler. Remove
from heat. Blend sugar, egg, salt and vanilla into chocolate
mixture. Beat until icing is creamy. Double for threelayers.
Servings: 6 servings
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The History of Recipes
Written cooking instructions as a concept can be traced back into ancient history, in fact as far as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further than that. However, sadly, these ancient cook books were just simple pictorial instructions for preparing food.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to experts in ancient history are a few clay tablets in Sumerian which describe the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making those who drank it feel blissful and exhilarated. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times we have a couple of books published in the 14th Century : a book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, these books have no connection with the indian food that is popular today, but rather recipes for the types of meals prepared by the cooks of the wealthy. Over the following few centuries, the rich families of the West strove to lay on the most extravagent banquests, and because of this cooks and their collection of recipes increased in prestige. Nevertheless, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cookery and recipe collections became really popular. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, dedicated years of their lives to assembling, verifying, and recording recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. When we get to the 1900s, cooking publications were starting to become popular as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having more free time and a general increase in wealth. |
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