Got it 👍 You’d like the old-fashioned vintage-style recipe, but this time for Chocolate Cake — just like the one written in early 1900s cookbooks. Here’s a detailed 100-year-old style recipe for you:

🍫 Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake (100-Year-Old Style Recipe)

A rich, moist, timeless cake — adapted from vintage cookbooks of the early 1900s, where simplicity met pure chocolate indulgence.

Ingredients

For the Cake:

• 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 ¼ cups (280 g) all-purpose flour, sifted
• ½ cup (50 g) unsweetened cocoa powder (the classic kind, not Dutch-processed)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (240 ml) whole milk, slightly warm
• ½ cup (120 ml) boiling water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the Old-Fashioned Chocolate Frosting:

• ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter
• ½ cup (50 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 cups (480 g) powdered sugar, sifted
• ½ cup (120 ml) whole milk (add more if needed)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Step 1: Prepare the Pans

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans, or one 9×13-inch pan.
3. Line bottoms with parchment paper.

Step 2: Cream Butter & Sugar

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter until smooth.
2. Add the sugar gradually and beat until pale and fluffy (about 4 minutes).

Step 3: Add Eggs & Vanilla

1. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
2. Stir in the vanilla extract.

Step 4: Mix Dry Ingredients

1. In a separate bowl, sift together:
   • Flour
   • Cocoa powder
   • Baking powder
   • Baking soda
   • Salt

Step 5: Combine Wet & Dry

1. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture in three parts, alternating with warm milk.
2. Finally, stir in the boiling water (this was the vintage secret for extra moistness). Batter will be thin — that’s perfect.

Step 6: Bake the Cake

1. Pour batter into prepared pans.
2. Bake for 30–35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
3. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely.

Step 7: Make the Old-Fashioned Chocolate Frosting

1. Melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in cocoa powder until smooth.
2. Gradually add powdered sugar and milk, whisking until creamy.
3. Stir in vanilla extract.
4. Spread generously over the cooled cake.

Serving Notes 🍫

• Serve as a layer cake with frosting between layers.
• Dust with a little powdered sugar for an authentic vintage touch.
• Best enjoyed with a tall glass of milk or coffee, just as families did a century ago.

✨ Result: A rich, moist, deeply chocolatey cake that tastes like pure nostalgia — a recipe loved by generations, and still a keeper today.

Would you like me to also write you a vintage-style introduction (like from a 1910s cookbook, with warm storytelling before the recipe)? That would make it feel even more authentic 📖🍫.