Recipe for "sourmilk-cake"

NAME

     SOURMILK-CAKE - Aunt Georgie's chocolate cake
     Don't cry over sour milk; make a chocolate cake out  of  it.
     This  cake  is  from  the  "Farm  Journal's Choice Chocolate
     Recipes" cookbook, and was originally posted to net.cooks by
     kathyd@azure.  It is moist and rich and does not need frost-
     ing Mint chocolate ice cream and a slab of this  cake  makes
     an outrageous dessert.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 1 or more)

     150 g     sifted flour
     200 g     sugar
     50 ml     baking cocoa
     5 ml      baking soda
     2.5 ml    salt
     1         egg
     60 g      butter or margarine, melted
     250 ml    sour milk
     60 ml     hot water
     15 ml     vanilla

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to 175 deg. C.  Sift together  flour,
               sugar,  cocoa,  baking  soda  and salt into mixing
               bowl.
          (2)  Add egg, butter, sour milk, hot water and vanilla.
          (3)  Beat (preferably with an electric mixer) at medium
               speed for 2 minutes.
          (4)  Pour batter into a greased 33x22x5-cm baking pan.
          (5)  Bake at 175 deg. C for  20  minutes  or  until  it
               tests  done (a toothpick or fork comes out clean).
               Cool in pan.

NOTES

     To sour sweet milk, place 15 ml vinegar in a  measuring  cup
     and add enough milk to make 250 ml.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 15 minutes mixing, 20 minutes  bak-
     ing.  Precision: Measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Tony Lill
     XIOS Systems Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
     tony@xios.UUCP