{"id":3851,"slug":"rich-chocolate-cake","title":"RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE","description":"From Fifty-two Sunday dinners: A book of recipes (1913) by Elizabeth O. Hiller.","ingredients_raw":["1/2 cup Cottolene.","1-1/2 cups sugar.","4 eggs.","4 squares chocolate.","1 teaspoon cinnamon.","1/3 cup hot water.","1/2 cup milk.","2 cups flour.","3 teaspoons baking powder.","1/4 teaspoon salt.","1 teaspoon vanilla."],"ingredients_norm":["shortening","sugar","egg","squares chocolate","cinnamon","hot water","milk","flour","baking powder","salt","vanilla"],"steps":["Cream Cottolene, add sugar gradually, stirring constantly.","Melt chocolate over hot water, add hot water specified in recipe and beat immediately into creamed butter and sugar; add yolks of eggs beaten until thick and light.","Mix and sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt; add to first mixture alternately with milk, add vanilla.","Cut and fold in the stiffly-beaten whites of eggs.","Bake in a shallow pan forty to forty-five minutes.","Cover with Boiled Frosting (for recipe see Page 56)."],"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/31534","source_ref":"pg:31534:103","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.98,"content_hash":"95cfb57a5a5f028669863d517daccea821e7f58d23e777159d03ba2f819b2235","created_at":"2026-08-02T15:45:27Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T16:16:48Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1913), 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/rich-chocolate-cake"}