{"id":4837,"slug":"cocoa-cake","title":"Cocoa cake.","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["half a cup of butter","a cup of sugar","three eggs","a teaspoonful of vanilla","three-fourths of a cup of milk","six level tablespoonfuls of cocoa","two teaspoonfuls of baking powder","one and three-fourth cups of sifted flour","plain icing"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","sugar","egg","vanilla","fourths of cup of milk","cocoa","baking powder","and fourth cups of sifted flour","plain icing"],"steps":["Cream the butter, adding the sugar gradually, then add the eggs one by one, whipping vigorously.","Sift together half of the flour, the cocoa and the baking powder, then add the milk and the rest of the flour, making a mixture that will drop from the spoon.","When all is mixed together put in a pan or mould, and bake for thirty-five minutes.","Cover the cake with a plain icing.","A cake is baked when it shrinks from the pan, or if, when you press it, it springs back."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w38:11","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"17fec7ad12f5acd470f2dd1bb136b809dab7c06531f5744fcd096c05c1db7e1a","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:40:36Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/cocoa-cake"}