1 1/2 to 2 cups margarine

1 quart sugar

8 eggs, well beaten

2 cups thick sour milk 1 cup corn syrup

2 quarts pastry flour or 7 1/2 cups barley flour 4 teaspoons soda 8 ounces chocolate 1 cup boiling water

Cream sugar and margarine; add syrup, well-beaten eggs, milk, and chocolate which has been melted and mixed with boiling water; then add flour which has been sifted with soda. Bake in shallow pans, in moderate oven, forty-five minutes, or until done.