1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup milk

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 3/4 cup flour

4 tablespoons cocoa

5 tablespoons boiling water 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method :

Cream the butter and sugar, add the beaten eggs, then the milk, then the sifted flour and the baking powder. Before stirring the flour around pour the mixture of cocoa and water over it stir, and add vanilla. Make an icing of powdered sugar, milk, cocoa, and vanilla. Bake for forty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Makes a large loaf.

Eleanor F. Lewis, Xi.

Cocoa Cake

1 egg

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup melted butter

1 cup sour milk

1/2 teaspoon soda

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tablespoons cocoa

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

Method :

Beat egg until light. Gradually add sugar, then melted butter, and sour milk in which the soda has been dissolved. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder together and then mix in gradually. Then add vanilla. Bake either in layers or in a loaf.

Helen Lambert Davy, Xi.