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Show This New Chocolate Cake Makes Guests Beg Recipe! r y n r : ' mix ?-x H AT your next party you'll get a real thrill out of Bervlng this new cake and having your friends begging for the recipe. It's as easy to make as it is gorgeous looking. The mellow-smooth chocolate layers lay-ers take only one egg. And the crowning flavor surprise is the peppermint pep-permint frosting, which can be either pink or white, just as you prefer. Chocolate Peppermint Cake a cups sifted cake flour I teaspoon soda Vi teaspoon salt 13 cup butter or other shortening l'4 cups sugnr 1 egg, unbeaten 8 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted 'i cup thick sour cream cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt, and sift together three times. Cream bi tter thoroughly, thor-oughly, add Bugar gradually, and cream together well. Add egg and beat very thoroughly; then choco- late and blend. Add about 14 j. flour and beat well; then add sour cream and beat thoroughly. AM remaining flour, alternately lln milk, beating well after each w-dition. w-dition. Add vanilla. Turn into . t greased 9-inch layer pans and in moderate oven (350 F.) J minutes, or until done. Spre" Peppermint Frosting between vr ers and on top and sides of ca-, Decorate with a 1-inch border chocolate flakes. Double recipe w three 10-inch layers. Peppermint Frosting Prepare your boiled frostir Add coloring to hot frosting " give a delicate shell-pink tun-Just tun-Just a tiny speck of coloring " the end of a knife, or a few am of liquid coloring is enough. move from ilro, nr.! peppernu and beat until thick Pnouh,,8 spread. Spread on cuko. B!. frosting is still soft, but c'J:, sprinkle chocolate flakes Broun top of cake t,o form l-toph border. |