Devil'S Food Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. brown sugar
1/2 c. shortening (half butter)
2 sq. Baker's unsweetened chocolate
1/4 c. boiling water
3 eggs (separate yolks and whites)
2 c. flour
1 c. sour or buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda
1/4 c. boiling water

Preparation

Dissolve Baker's chocolate in 1/4 cup boiling water.
Beat egg yolks and whites separately.
Measure flour before sifting. Dissolve soda in 1/4 cup boiling water. Cream the shortening and sugar. Add egg yolks, then chocolate.
Add buttermilk alternately with flour and vanilla.
Add soda.
Fold in beaten egg whites last.
Bake in a 350\u00b0 oven in a 9 x 13 x 2-inch pan for 30 or 35 minutes.