No Name Chocolate Cake

Found in the back of The Household Searchlight Recipe Book, 1936. I didn't make a mistake scanning, one side is upside down.

Cake

½ c water

2/3 c butter

1 ½ t baking soda

1 ¾ c sugar

½ c cocoa

2 eggs

¾ c sour milk

2 ½ c sifted flour

1 t vanilla

½ t salt

Mix water, soda, cocoa and allow to stand while fixing batter. Cream sugar and butter together til fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add flour alternately with sour milk. Add 1^st mixture, mix throroughly. Turn into 2 9” pans and bake 350° for 30 minutes.

Frosting

2 egg whites

1 ½ c sugar

5 T cold water

1 ½ t light corn syrup

1 t vanilla

Put egg whites, sugar, water, and corn syrup in upper part of double boiler. Place over rapidly boiling water, beat constantly with rotary egg beater and cook 7 minutes or until frosting will stand in peaks. Remove from fire, add vanilla, and beat until thick enough to spread.