Beat to a cream a generous half cupful of butter, and gradually beat
into this one cupful of sugar. Add one ounce of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Premium No. 1 Chocolate, melted; also two unbeaten eggs. Beat vigorously
for five minutes; then stir in half a cupful of milk, and lastly, one
cupful and a half of flour, with which has been mixed one generous
teaspoonful of baking powder. Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla.
Pour into a buttered, shallow cake pan, and bake for half an hour in a
moderate oven. When cool, spread with glacé frosting.
GLACÉ FROSTING. Put half a cupful of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of
water in a small saucepan. Stir over the fire until the sugar is nearly
melted. Take the spoon from the pan before the sugar really begins to
boil, because it would spoil the icing if the syrup were stirred after
it begins to boil. After boiling gently for four minutes, add half a
teaspoonful of vanilla extract, but do not stir; then set away to cool.
When the syrup is about blood warm, beat it with a wooden spoon until
thick and white. Now put the saucepan in another with boiling water, and
stir until the icing is thin enough to pour. Spread quickly on the cake.