From Mrs. Waldo Coleman

Part I

1/2 cupful grated unsweetened chocolate, 1 cupful light brown sugar, 1/2 cupful sweet milk. Cook over the fire, stirring until dissolved; set aside to cool.

Part II

1 cupful brown sugar, 1/2 cupful butter, 1/2 cupful sweet milk, 1 level teaspoonful soda, 2 eggs, 2 1/2 cupfuls flour, 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla. Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually and cream together; add the eggs and beat thoroughly; dissolve the soda in the milk; add the milk and flour alternately; add the vanilla, and add Part I to Part II. Bake in 3 layers and ice with boiled icing.