tony@xios.uucp (Tony Lill) (10/16/87)
SOURMILK-CAKE(D) USENET Cookbook SOURMILK-CAKE(D)
SOUR MILK CAKE
SOURMILK-CAKE - Aunt Georgie's chocolate cake
Don't cry over sour milk; make a chocolate cake out of it.
This cake is from the "Farm Journal's Choice Chocolate
Recipes" cookbook, and was originally posted to net.cooks by
kathyd@azure. It is moist and rich and does not need frost-
ing Mint chocolate ice cream and a slab of this cake makes
an outrageous dessert.
INGREDIENTS (Serves 1 or more)
1 1/2 cups
sifted flour
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp baking cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup sour milk
1/4 cup hot water
1 Tbsp vanilla
PROCEDURE
(1) Preheat oven to 350 deg. F. Sift together flour,
sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt into mixing
bowl.
(2) Add egg, butter, sour milk, hot water and vanilla.
(3) Beat (preferably with an electric mixer) at medium
speed for 2 minutes.
(4) Pour batter into a greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
(5) Bake at 350 deg. F for 20 minutes or until it
tests done (a toothpick or fork comes out clean).
Cool in pan.
NOTES
To sour sweet milk, place 1 Tbsp vinegar in a measuring cup
and add enough milk to make 1 cup.
RATING
Difficulty: easy. Time: 15 minutes mixing, 20 minutes bak-
ing. Precision: Measure the ingredients.
CONTRIBUTOR
Tony Lill
XIOS Systems Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
tony@xios.UUCP