Ingredient:
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. sour cream or 1/2 c. buttermilk
2 sticks butter or margarine
4 tbsp. cocoa
1 c. water
Direction:
Place 2 sticks of butter, 4 tablespoons cocoa and 1 cup water
over medium heat and bring to a boil. Pour over the flour and
sugar mixture. Mix well. Add all other ingredients. Mix
well. Pour into a greased and floured cookie sheet pan, 15 1/2
x 10 1/2 inches. Cookie sheet must be a deep cookie sheet pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 23 minutes. Ice while cake is hot.
--CHOCOLATE FROSTING:--
1 stick butter
4 tbsp. cocoa
6 tbsp. milk
1 lb. box powdered sugar
1 c. pecans, chopped
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Five minutes before cake is finished, make frosting. Mix
together butter, cocoa and milk. Cook over medium heat and
bring to a boil. Remove from stove and add sugar, nuts and
vanilla. Mix well. Pour over cake while hot. |
Ingredient:
- 1 peck 4 to 6 inch pickles
4 grape or horseradish leaves
1 bunch dill weed
6 qts. water
2 tbsp. alum
1 1/2 pt. vinegar
1 1/2 c. canning salt
8 cloves garlic, optional
A 4 gal. crock
Direction: Wash and place in crock; pickles, grape (or horseradish) leaves and dill. Boil together water, vinegar, salt, and alum for at least 5 minutes. Cool and pour over pickles. Weight with plate to keep pickles covered with brine solution and cure for 10 days. You may add garlic after the eighth day. Let cure in a cool place. |