WALDORF $100 CAKE

Photo, Top: Wilma, Anna, Violet, Pearl; Seated: Wiley, Della, Victor (1970's)

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WALDORF $100 CAKE

 From Violet O'Bryant

1/2 cup butter (2 sticks, room temperature)

2 cups sugar

2 eggs, fork beaten

3 squares semi-sweet chocolate, melted

2 cups flour, regular

1 t. salt

2 t. baking powder

2 t. vanilla

1  1/2 cups milk

1 cup chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and blend well. Add chocolate. 

Combine dry ingredients; sift 3 times. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to cream mixture. Flour to cream to milk.

Pour into 3 - 8" or 9" - cake pans. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Cool thoroughly before icing.

ICING FOR WALDORF $100 CAKE

1 egg, beaten

1 t. lemon juice

1 lb. box of powdered sugar

2 squares of chocolate, melted or 1/4 cup cocoa

dash of salt

1/4 lb. butter

1 t. vanilla

1 cup chopped nuts

Beat egg and lemon juice. Add powdered sugar, chocolate, salt, butter, vanilla and nuts.

Mix well and spread over cake. 

Note:  Coffee may be used to thin icing, if needed.