Devils' Delight Cake

Ingredients

130 gr hersheys baking chocolate
325 gr brown sugar
350 ml milk
1 egg yolk
75 gr butter
2 egg yolks
250 gr cake flour
1 gr salt
5 gr baking soda
4 gr vanilla
3 egg whites

Instructions

Recipe by: Hershey's Cookbook, 1934 Combine melted baking chocolate with two third cupful brown sugar, 1 cupful milk and 1 beaten egg yolk, and stir over simmering water until well blended. Cool slightly. Cream butter, then add half cupful brown sugar gradually while beating constantly. Add 2 egg yolks, well beaten. Sift flour,salt,and baking soda 3 times, and add to creamed mixture alternately with half cupful milk, beating thoroughly. Add chocolate mixture and vanilla, and beat. Beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add half cupful brown sugar and beat until stiff. Fold into batter. Pour into 2 buttered and floured 23 cm round cake pans. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 35 minutes. Spread layers and top with any favorite frosting and cover with thinly sliced oranges sprinkled with minced nutmeats and minced citron or candied ginger. ----