Devils' Delight Cake

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Title: Devils' Delight Cake
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 29 servings

4 oz Hershey's baking chocolate
--- melted
2/3 c Brown sugar; packed
1 c Milk
1 Egg yolk
1/3 c Butter
1/3 c Brown sugar; packed
2 Egg yolks
2 c Cake flour; sifted
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
3 Egg whites
1/2 c Brown sugar; packed

Recipe by: Hershey's Cookbook, 1934
Combine melted baking chocolate with 2/3 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 1/2 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 1/2 cupful milk, beating
thoroughly. Add chocolate mixture and vanilla, and beat.
Beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add 1/2 cupful brown
sugar and beat until stiff. Fold into batter. Pour into 2
buttered and floured 9 inch 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.

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