Project 52: Rationing - Week 4 - Raised Chocolate Cake
This week was my husband's birthday, so I asked him if I could make his birthday cake from a rationing Mmmm! Homemade chocolate cake. Nothing beats that. recipe and he agreed. I was really excited! It was a little tricky finding just the right cake. Should I go with a British recipe like a sponge or should I try and find a classic American vanilla cake with chocolate frosting? With dried fruit or plain? And from which source would I find the recipe? In one of my books, a pamphlet, or magazine? In the end I settled on a unique recipe for Raised Chocolate Cake with Sugarless Boiled Frosting from Grandma's Wartime Kitchen by Joanne Lamb Hayes which I've mentioned on here before. Her book has an index in the back, so since I was in a rush, her book was the easy choice! This cake recipe is pretty standard except that it calls for yeast. I've never heard of a cake that called for yeast, so I was very intrigued. I had two substitutions that I needed to make in