Ingrients & Directions
1/4 c Shortening
2 1/4 Squares unsweetened
-chocolate
1 Egg
6 tb Evaporated milk
2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Mashed potatoes
1/4 ts Salt
1 1/4 c Flour
1/2 c Chopped nuts
Cream shortening. Add sugar, chocolate, which has been melted over hot
water, and mashed potatoes. Beat thoroughly. Add egg yolk and milk. Sift
flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Beat thoroughly. Add
nuts and flavoring. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Pour into well-oiled
layer cake pans. Bake in moderate oven (375 F) 25-30 minutes. Mrs. H.E.
Chrisman, Scottsbluff, NE.
Yields
6