Aunt Shirlee's Recipe Collection ~ Grated Chocolate Cake (Nani torta) dated 1953

Cake Ingredients:

12 eggs
12 Tbsp sugar
10 Tbsp flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 Tbsp. grated chocolate
1 tsp. Vanilla

Directions:

Cream sugar and egg yolks.  Beat until lemon colored.  Add dry ingredients.  Add Vanilla.  Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter.  Pour into 3 9-inch cake pans that have been greased & floured.  Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Custard Frosting:
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
3 Tbsp flour
2 whole eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/4 lbs. sweet butter
1/4 lb. spry or Crisco
4 Tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

Combine sugar, flour, eggs and milk.  Cook until thickened.  Cool.  Add creamed butter and shortening, powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth.