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in a moderate oven for forty minutes. Cover with Reliable Frosting and when cold pour over this melted bitter chocolate.

Candy Cake

• 1 c. light brown sugar
• 1 c. dark brown sugar
• ½ c. flour
• ⅓ tsp. salt
• 1 c. raisins
• 1 lb. walnuts weighed in shell
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 eggs

Mix well. Line a cake pan with heavy paper. Grease and flour this. Pour in the cake batter and bake very slowly, since it burns easily. Cut in squares. This is a good candy substitute for an afternoon or evening party.

Hamilton Chocolate Cake

• 1 c. brown sugar
• ½ c. fat
• ⅔ c. milk
• 2 c. flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs beaten separately
• ½ c. ground chocolate, dissolved in 2 tbsp. hot water

Use cake method of mixing. Bake one hour in a loaf pan.

Almond Torte

• 4 eggs
• 1 c. powdered sugar
• ⅓ c. ground chocolate
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• ½ c. almonds blanched finely chopped
• ¾ c. fine cracker crumbs

Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored; add sugar gradually, then fold in whites of eggs beaten until stiff and dry. Add chocolate, almonds, baking powder and cracker crumbs. Bake