Ingredients
2 cup cake flour
1 tsp bake powder
1/2 tsp bake soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 squares chocolate (unsweet)
Directions
SIFT DRY INGREDIENTS INTO A BOWL. ADD SHORTENING, 2/3 CUP MILK AND
VANILLA. MIX AT STIR SPEED FOR 1 MINUTE. SCRAPE BOWL SIDES. TURN TO
SLOW SPEED AND MIX FOR 1 MINUTE ADDING REMAINING MILK EGGS AND MELTED
CHOCOLATE. BEAT 30 SECONDS MORE. SCRAPE BOWL AND MIX AT MEDIUM HIGH
SPEED FOR ONE MINUTE. POUR BATTER INTO A GREASED AND FLOURED 11 X 18
SHEET CAKE PAN. BAKE AT 375 DEG F FOR 20 TO 25 MINUTES OR UNTIL PICK
INSERTED IN MIDDLE COMES OUT CLEAN. NOTE: 1 CUP CAKE FLOUR = 1 CUP -
LESS 2 TABLESPOONS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR.
Servings: 18 servings
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Categories: Cake; Chocolate; Chocolate Cake; Dessert
The History of Recipes
It is possible to track the history of meal recipes far back into the distant past, at least as far back as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further. Interesting though that maybe, these, early records were just simple hieroglyphic instructions for preparing meals.
In fact, the oldest recipe found, according to experts in ancient history is a series of stone tablets in ancient Sumerian which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who tried it feel exhilarated. Later on, in The time of the romans around 25BC a roman called Apicius created a few documents detailing recipes cooked by wealthy Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius tells us how the roman meals were split into hors d`oeuvre, entrees and afters, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius describes how the ancient cooks used a wide range of spices and herbs, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens for example thyme, mint and parsley. Later, we find two recipe books published in the 1300s ; a book called `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, these are nothing to do with the spicy food that appears on menues today, but instead accounts of the types of meals prepared by the cooks of the rich and powerful of the period. Later on in the 1400s, people returning from the crusades brought us many foods and spices from the East, including spices such as parsley and basil. The introduction of these new herbs and spices prompted a surge in manuscripts on cookery, some of which are kept safe in private cookery archives. The arrival of television gave us TV cookery programs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. And that pretty much brings us to the present day and the invention of computers and the internet, allowing us all to access thousands of recipes just like those on this site. |
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