Home dissertations

The whites of eight eggs, two cups of sugar, two cups of sifted flour, one cup of cornstarch, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, two teaspoons baking powder. Bake in thin layers. Preparation to put between the Cakes. — The whites of four eggs, four cups of sugar ; pour half a pint of boiling water over the sugar ; boil until clear, hard and candied ; pour the boiling hot sugar over the eggs, stirring until a stiff cream, then add a teaspoon of citric acid or juice of a lemon — also flavor with vanilla : when cool, spread between and over the cakes. This makes a delicious white cake. JELLY ROLL. Beat the yolks of four eggs with half a cup of powdered sugar ; beat the whites to a stiff, dry froth, and add to the yolks and sugar ; add a cup of pastry flour, and stir quickly and gently ; bake in a shallow pan twenty minutes. While it is yet warm cut off the edges, and spread the cake with any kind of jelly ; roll up, and pin a towel around it ; put it in a cool place till ready to serve ; cut it in slices with a sharp knife. JUMBLES. One pint of sugar, half pound of butter, one quart and one jill of flour, one teaspoon of soda dissolved in one and a half jills of sweet milk, one nutmeg, two teaspoons of cream of tartar sifted with the flour, four eggs. Stir the butter and sugar until very light, and beat the eggs one by one ; add the milk, nutmeg and flour. The hands must be floured for molding the jumbles ; make a roll about the size of the little finger, and five inches long ; lap the ends, and lay in a slightly buttered pan, giving plenty of room, as jumbles spread very much in baking. B. LEMON CAKE. • Three eggs, one cup of sugar, one and a half cups flour, even teaspoon cream tartar, half teaspoon soda, two tablespoons cold water. Bake in layer pans. Lemon Cream to put between the Cakes. — One lemon grated and juice, one cup sugar, two tablespoons water. Beat all together, and put on the fire and let boil, then spread between the layers of cake. P. MARBLE CAKE. White part : one cup butter, three cups white sugar, beaten to a cream ; one cup sweet milk, one-half teaspoon soda, five cups flour, whites of eight eggs beaten to a froth added last. Brown part : one cup butter, three cups brown sugar, beaten together ; one cup molasses, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, the yolks of eight eggs and one egg besides beaten, four cups flour, spice of all kinds that is liked. Put into the baking-pans first a layer of the brown part, and then of the white; finish with the brown part. This is excellent, and makes three or four loaves. WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE. Five eggs, beat whites separately, three cups granulated sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, three cups flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons cream tartar, a pinch salt. Beat the butter, sugar, and yolks of the eggs to a cream ; mix the soda in the milk, and cream tartar in the flour; add the whites of the eggs just before the flour. Bake in jelly-cake tins, browning lightly. Take the white of one egg, a little sugar and water, beat together and with a knife spread over the top of each cake, grate one cocoanut and mix it with sugar, sprinkle it over- the cakes, and pile them one on top of the other, finishing the top in the same way. This is delicious with ice-cream. ORANGE CAKE.