posted by Liz 06-01-98 10:46 PM
from Toll House Heritage Cookbook (1980).
Toll House Layer Cake
Cake-
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1-12 oz package chocolate chips
Frosting -
1/4 cup butter
1-1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tsp vanilla
Cake: Preheat oven to 350. Grease 15-1/2" x 10-1/2" x 1" baking pan. Line with waxed paper or parchment. In a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla and salt. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add flour. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips.
Spread into prepared pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely. Loosen sides of cake. Invert onto lightly floured cloth. Peel off waxed paper. Cut cake crosswise into four 3-3/4" x 10" sections.
Spread 3 slightly rounded Tblsp frosting on one cake layer. Top with second layer. Repeat layers. Frost with remaining frosting.
Frosting:
Melt over hot (not boiling water) 1 cup chips. Stir until smooth. Or melt in microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir and repeat. (Stir, because chips hold their shape in microwave, even though they are melted) Set aside. In bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar. Add melted chocolate and vanilla extract; blend until smooth.