Baker's Chocolate Wellesley fudge cake recipe (1941) - Click Americana

Ingredients

• 4 squares of Baker's unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup of hot water
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 cups of Swans Downs cake flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 cup of butter or other shortening
• 1-1/4 cups of sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 3 squares of Baker's unsweetened chocolate
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1-1/2 cups of sifted confectioner's sugar
• 7 tablespoons of light cream or top milk
• Dash of salt
• 1-1/4 cups of sifted confectioner's sugar, divided (in thirds)