2 cups granulated sugar - a pound, 1 cup butter - 1/2 pound. 1 cup milk - 1/2 pint.

5 cups flour - little over a pound. 2 teaspoons baking powder.

12 whites of eggs - or 1 1/2 cups.

4 ounces chocolate. Vanilla extract.

Make up same as white cake, No. 622, melt the chocolate by warming it in a cup with nothing added, and beat it into the cake. Vanilla extract improves the chocolate flavor but is not essential. 4 pounds cost 48 cents.