OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE CAKE

3squares Hershey's Baking Chocolate
5 tablespoonfuls hot water
1/2 cupful butter
1 & 1/2 cupfuls granulated sugar
4 eggs, separated
1 & 3/4 cupfuls sifted cake flour
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1/2 teaspoonful salt
1/2 cupful milk
1 teaspoonful vanilla

Melt the baking chocoalte, cut into small pieces, with the hot water in top 
of double boiler over simmering water. Cream the butter and sugar together 
well; add the egg yolks, well beaten, and whip thoroughly. Then add the 
melted chocolate mixture, slightly cooled, the flour sifted with the baking 
powder and salt, and the milk. Fold in the stiffly whipped egg whites and 
vanilla. Pour into a well-greased and floured pan. (13 X 9 X 2-inch) Bake in 
a moderate oven (350 degrees) 40 to 45 minutes or until done. (Mother used 
two 8 inch baking pans)

Chocolate Butter Icing
3 squares Hershey's Baking Chocolate
6 tablespoonfuls butter
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoonful vanilla   
1 cupful 4X sugar (confectioners')
Melt the baking chocolate in top of double boiler over the simmering water. 
Cream the butter, egg yolks and vanilla, and slowly add melted baking 
chocolate. Add sugar to make of proper consistency for spreading. Yield: 1 & 
1/4 cupfuls icing or enough for an 8 or 9 inch layer cake.


Please note: This is a Hershey Cook book cake 
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When I was a child growing up in Ashland, my mother would bake an Old 
Fashioned Chocolate Cake for every holiday and birthday. Just thinking of 
this cake brings back many fond memories.  A few years ago at a yard sale, I 
found a book published in 1971. HERSHEY'S 1934 Cookbook, Revised and expanded 
with chocolate recipes brought up to date for use in today's kitchen. Since 
this was the year I was born, it caught my eye. To my surprise, I found 
mother's Chocolate Cake Recipe included
Title Page;
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Remember When - The Early 1930's

The 1930's. A decade of mixed blessings. Herbert Hoover was about to vacate 
the White House to be replaced by President-elect Roosevelt. The population 
of the United Sates was approximately 123 million people, and 53 million of 
them still lived on farms. Unemployment was creeping upwards to 25% of the 
labor force and, for those worked, the hourly wage was 44 cents. Economically 
we were in one of the worst periods of our lives, politically we were in a 
turmoil, and socially we looked about for any panacea that would temporarily 
remove our fears. 

Since I believe that genealogy is much more than searching for our ancestors' 
birth etc., I believe that even with our recipes, we can capture the flavor 
of the past. If you are interested in the entire article included in the 
Cookbook, please let me know. This book was copyright in 1971 by Hershey 
Foods Corp. But I believe we can use excerpts and not violate copyright laws, 
as long as we acknowledge where the information was found.