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piedmont

tert in seattle > wrote in
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> Janet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> I have possesion of my Grandmothers recipe box. The box itself may
>>> have been her mother's box. Grandma was born in 1900 which could
>>> clue to the age of the box if it belonged to her mother as my Uncle
>>> told me. Everyone in my family is dead who would know.
>>>
>>> There is one recipe in the cake section which is very old and the
>>> top with the title is gone, to me this is a chocolate cake frosting
>>> recipe but the raw egg is throwing me off.
>>>
>>> As it was written,
>>>
>>> "1 cup sugar, 1/2 scant cup of butter or shortening, 1 egg, 1
>>> pinch of salt, 3/4 cup of soured milk, 1 extra large cup of flour,
>>> 1 teaspoonful of soda, 4 heaping teaspoonfuls of cocoa with enough
>>> hot water to make a smooth paste".
>>
>> With a large cup of raw flour in it, surely it's going to be cooked?
>> More like a sort of chocolate sauce except it's very short of milk.
>
> could be brownies
>

The consensus seems brownie, I'll bake it tomorrow and send results!

My next goal is to transcribe every recipe and save them on PC!

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regards,

piedmont (michael)

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