Sour-Milk Chocolate Cake

1/2 c. butter 1-1/4 c. sugar 1 egg 2 sq. chocolate 2-1/4 c. flour 3/4 tsp. soda 1 c. sour milk 1 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar, and cream well together. Beat the egg and add to the butter and sugar. Melt the chocolate. Sift the flour and soda together, and add to the mixture alternately with the sour milk. Beat well together and add the vanilla and melted chocolate. Pour into a loaf-cake pan and bake.

Devil'S Food

1/4 c. butter 1-1/4 c. sugar 2 eggs 2 c. flour 4 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. cloves 1/2 tsp. ginger 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 3/4 c. milk 2 sq. bitter chocolate 1 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, and beat the eggs and add them. Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg together, and add the milk alternately with these dry ingredients. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and stir into the cake mixture.
Add the vanilla. Bake in a flat pan in a thick layer. Ice with chocolate icing and cut into 2-inch squares.