Ingredients
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
2 eggs
3 oz unsweetened chocolate, melte
1 creamy rum frosting, recipe
Directions
Beat margarine and sugar until fluffy. Blend in sour cream, eggs,
chocolate and vanilla. Add combined dry ingredients alternately with
milk, mixing well after each addition. Pour into greased and floured
13 x 9" baking pan. Bake @ 350 degrees, 40 to 45 minutes or until
wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool. Frost with
Creamy Rum Frosting. Decorate as desired.
Servings: 10 servings
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Categories: Cake; Chocolate; Chocolate Cake; Dessert
The History of Recipes
Written cooking instructions as an idea can be tracked far back into the far past, at least as far back as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and quite possibly further than that. In practice though, in the main part, these old records were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe in existence, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are some tablets in Sumerian which describe the making 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 wonderful. Later on, in The time of the romans 25BC a roman called Apicius created a number of documents detailing recipes cooked by wealthy Romans. In his publication, Apicius tells us how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main course and dessert, something we still use today. Aspicius tells us how the Roman chefs used a wide range of herbs, including a few you will know like thyme, mint and parsley. Continuing our culinary historical journey, we find two recipe books published in the fourteenth century ; a recipe book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, these books are not about the indian food that is familiar to us all today, but instead recipes for the types of food served to the rich and wealthy people of the time. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and spices from Arab cooking, including spices like parsley and basil. The introduction of these new tastes created an increase in publications on food, many of which are now in private libraries. Over the succeeding few centuries, the families of Europe competed to serve up the most extravagent banquests, and as a consequence, the best chefs and their recipe collections were highly sought after. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that fine cookery and recipe collections rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated their lives to assembling, verifying, and writing down recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. When we get to the 20th century, cookbooks were in great demand, as a result of more people being able to read, people having increased free time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Chocolate Board Game Cake recipe.
