Aunt Elinor's White Cake (Lady Cake)

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon soda
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 lemon (juice)
• 2 cups flour
• 6 eggs (whites)

Method

1. 1

   Sift soda with flour three times.

2. 2

   Cream butter and beat flour in thoroughly.

3. 3

   Beat eggs very stiff and add sugar; beat gradually into butter and flour mixture; add lemon juice.

4. 4

   Bake at about 400°.

5. 5

   Especially good with chocolate marshmallow icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Aunts' Cook Book (1922) by [name missing], page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

14: cup butter 1 J^ cups flour 1 cup sugar 2^ teaspoonsful baking 2 eggs powder ^ cup milk 1 teaspoonful flavoring Aunt Elinor's Cup Cake }4 cup butter 1 tablespoon lemon or vanilla 54 cup sugar 2 or 3 eggs 1 3^ cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder J/^ cup milk J^ teaspoon salt Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, flavoring, then flour sifted with baking powder and milk, sfiflSy beaten whites of eggs last. Bake at 375° to 400°. Delicious as little cakes or as a loaf. Nuts or raisins or cocoanut good as variations. Add them lightly floured after cake is mixed. Cakes and Cookies 113 Aunt Emery's Maple Cake 1/4 cup pastry flour (sifted) J^ cup milk 2}^ teaspoonsful baking powder }/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoonful vanilla 2 eggs Beat the eggs separately. Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten yolks, then beaten whites, milk and flour (to which baking powder has been added), lastly vanilla. Bake in layer tins and use the following icing. Maple Icing 1 lb. maple sugar 1 cup of cream Break sugar in pieces and pour over it the cream. Put on stove and bring to boil. Boil until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water. Take from stove and beat with a wooden spoon for 15 minutes. Aunt Elinor's White Cake "Lady Cake'* ^ cup butter ]/i teaspoon soda \yi cup powdered sugar J^ lemon (juice) 2 cups flour 6 eggs (whites)

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