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July 23, 1931; Ice Cream Social, Caramel Cake and Chocolate Cake. The Olson Family Cookbook

Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s

July 23^rd 1931

Preparations for Ice Cream Social

This forenoon preparations are being made for the Ice Cream Social to be held this evening at Otto K Olson’s. Millie baked a Burnt Sugar Cake and I made a Chocolate Cake, which is not guaranteed to look red after it is done. Jo has a horror of baking cake so she politely got out of the mess of baking any (?) – I refer to successful cake baking. Ma is canning June berry sauce and has as her able assistant, her third eldest daughter, Josephine, who has such a strong grip that when she screws on the covers on the sauce jars one can hear the covers crack.

A Sample of Music by the Author of the Above for the occasion.

Try to sing it if you can

I looked over Jordan an’

JLOlson

Caramel Cake

(Burnt Sugar Cake)

These are some other recipes for this type of a cake;

https://kitchenrecipetreasures.com/2021/09/19/sarius-north-dakota-1931-commentary-for-september-19th-caramel-cake/

Chocolate Cake (Cocoa)

1 ½ c. sugar

2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 tsp. soda

Put the soda in the cocoa and pour ½ cup boiling water over the soda and cocoa and let it cool off. Take 2 cups pastry flour. Beat the sugar and egg together and put the sour cream in, then put the flour in and last the soda and cocoa. Stir well together.

Jan 11, 1926

Rained a little and blizzard afterwards. E.M.O.