Arrowroot Cake

Ingredients

• Half pound butter
• whites of 6 eggs
• 1 pound arrowroot
• $ pound sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Roll arrowroot and sugar together, beat butter to a cream and mix with sugar and arrowroot, then add beaten egg whites.

2. 2

   Beat all together for 20 minutes and bake in a slow oven for nearly an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal Victoria cook book (1900) by Ont.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ARROWROOT CAKE.—Half pound butter, whites of 6 eggs, 1 pound arrowroot, $ pound sugar, 1 teaspoon van- illa. Roll arrowroot and sugar together, beat butter to a cream and mix with sugar and arrowroot, then add whites of egos beaten stiff. Beat ail together 20 minutes; bake in a slow oven for nearly an hour ina deep pan. Muss D. SEED CAKE.—One pound flour, 1 pound sifted sugar, 1 pound almonds, $ pound orange peel, $ pound citron peel, 4 pound lemon peel, 10 eggs, 10 ounces butter, 12 drops of oil of cinnamon, 40 drops of oil of lemon. Beat sugar and butter to a cream, then add yolks of eggs beaten well, then whites beaten stiff, then four, peels, almonds (blanched), and oils. Bake the same as a fruit cake. Miss D. WALNUT CAKE—Half cup boiling butter, 2 eggs, 126 CAKES. 1 cup white sugar, $ cup sweet milk, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 14 cups flour, 1 cup chopped walnuts. Mrs. T. R. PARKER. LUNCHEON CAKE.—One pound butter, 1 pound sugar, 14 pounds Sultanas, $ pound mixed peels, 10 eggs, 14 pounds flour. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, then add one egg at a time until all are mixed in, then add peels and raisins, then flour. Clean, but do not wash, raisins; mix all with hand; do not put a spoon in. Line your tin with paper and do not grease. Bake ina slow oven. Excellent. Miss D. COCOANUT PUFFS.— Whites of 3 eggs, 1 cup ground sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla

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