Devils Food Cake

1/2 Cup Butter
1 1/4 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Cups Flour
4 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon Cloves
1/2 Teaspoon Ginger
1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
3/4 Cup Milk
2 Squares Bitter Chocolate
1 Teaspoon Vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, and beat the eggs and add them. Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg together, add the milk alternately with these dry ingredients. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and stir into the cake mixture. Add the vanilla. Bake at 350 in a flat pan in a thick layer. Ice with chocolate icing and cut into 2-inch squares.