Authorcaitlinthewriter
From New Favorite Recipes with Honey, 1947
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2 cups sifted cake flour
1 ½ tsp soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup shortening
1 ¼ cups honey
2 eggs, unbeaten
3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
⅔ cup water
1 tsp vanilla
1
Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt, and sift together three times.
2
Cream butter, add honey very gradually, by tablespoons at first to keep mixture thick. Add ¼ of flour mixture and beat until smooth and well blended.
3
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add chocolate and blend.
4
Add remaining flour in thirds, alternately with water in halves, beating very well after each addition. Add vanilla.
5
Bake in two graded 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven (350° F). 30 minutes, or until done.
6
Spread Easy Fluffy Honey Frosting between layers and on top of cake.
7
Note: For best results, beat very well at each stage of mixing.
Ingredients
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 ½ tsp soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup shortening
1 ¼ cups honey
2 eggs, unbeaten
3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
⅔ cup water
1 tsp vanilla
I made this using butter instead of shortening, and semisweet chocolate instead of unsweetened. It turned out really well! Very nice unique flavor. Would definitely make again. Next time I will add a bit more semisweet chocolate and beat it a little longer.