• ½ C shortening
• 2 C brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cake Germain's Sweet Chocolate dissolved in ½ C hot water
• 1 C sour milk with ½ t soda
• 2? C flour
• 2 t baking pdr.
• ? t salt

• Frosting

• 2 oz. bitter chocolate
• 1 C powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 t vanilla
• ¼ C milk
• 1 T soft butter

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Beat well. Add chocolate, and then milk and dry ingredients alternately. Bake in 3 8" pans at 350° until tester comes out clean.

When cool ice with frosting.

Frosting: Melt chocolate. Mix 1 C sugar, egg, vanilla, milk and butter. Place bowl this mixture in pan of cold water. Add melted chocolate. Beat with rotary beater until stiff. For variation add 2 drops peppermint extract.