FoodNet

The Pennsylvania German cook book

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
DELICATE CAKE. One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup milk, whites of six eggs, two teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon extract of almond, one cup of corn starch, one and one-half cups of dour. Mrs. I. E Wells, Athens, Mich. SNOW CAKE. One cup sugar, one-half cup butter,one- half cup sweet milk, whites of four eggs, (or two whole eggs,) one teaspoon baking powder, one and one-half cups dour. S. K. WHITE CAKE. LAYER OR LOAF. Two cups sugar and one-half cup but¬ ter creamed, three teaspoons baking powder, one cup cold water, three cups dour, whites of four eggs beaten stiff. Mrs. Lydia Holbien, Wadsw'orth, Ohio. ANGEL CAKE. One and one-half tumblers sugar, one tumbler dour, one teaspoon cream of tar¬ tar, sift together seven times, add the above to the well beaten whites of eleven eggs, bake in a slow oven about one hour. Do not butter the pan. Mrs. W. Kefauver, Manistique, Mich. ANGEL FOOD. Whites of nine large or ten small eggs, pinch of salt, one-half teaspoon cream of tartar, put in eggs when half beaten, one cup of dour, one and one-fourth'cups of granulated sugar, davor with lemonAngel Food. Kake forty minutes in a moderate oven. Mrs. McMillan, Canal Dover, Ohio. SUNSHINE CAKE. Whites of eleven eggs, and yolks of six, one and one-half cups granulated sugar, measured after one sifting; one cup dour measured after one sifting; one teaspoon cream of tartar and one of orange extract, beat the whites to a stiff froth and gradually beat in the sugar, beat the yolks iu a similar manner, and add to them the whites, sugar and davor. Finally stir in the dour, mix quickly and well. Hake fifty minutes in a slow oven. M. S. THE I'ENNMYI.VANMA HERM AN ('<»OK ROOK. DREAM CAKE. On® cup of BUgar, one lieaping cup Hour, break iwo eggs into a teacup, then nil the cup full with sweet cream, a(hl two teas|KK)ns baking iMiwder, stir all to¬ gether and bake in three layers. (Kill¬ ing) six tablespoons thick, sweet cream, heal stiff, sweeten and flavor, imt be¬ tween layers. (Excellent.) Mrs. Rinehart Walt/., Wadsworth, Ohio. HARRISON CAKE. Four eggs, two cups sugar, one half cup butter, one cup sweet milk, three cups rtour, two large teas|MK)ns baking powder, (Layer or loaf.) Soft icing. A lump of butter the size of an egg creamed with one cup pulverized sugar, beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, mix to¬ gether and flavor with vanilla. Lillian K. Grove, Hanover, Pa. WASHINGTON CAKE. LAYER OR IX)AK. One and one half cups sugar, one half cup butter, three-fourths cup sweet milk, three eggs, two teaspoons baking powder, two cups flour. Mr.^^. Clara Norton, Sulphur Springs. Ohio. MADISON CAKE. Fourteen ounces flour, six ounces but¬ ter, ten ounces sugar, three eggs, three- fourths cup sweet milk, one p<>und cur¬ rants, two teasjMMULs baking powder, flour the currants. A nice cake for the holidays in place of a fruit cake. Lillian K. Grove, Hanover, Pa. SURPRISE CAKE. One heaping cup granulated sugar, one half cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, three eggs, three cui>s flour, three even teas|K)ons baking imwder, flavor with vanilla or lemon. Margaret M. Miller, Hanover, Pa. EMMA CAKE. LAVER OR U)AK. Sunshine Cake