Belle Cake
From Cooks in clover, 1889
Presented as published in 1889. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Cooks in clover (1889), page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Belle Cake. — One cup of sugar, a third of a cup of butter, half a cup of milk, one and a half cups of flour, the whites of two eggs, two teaspoons of bak- ing powder, and a little salt. Ice, while hot, with the yelks of the eggs and half a cup of powdered sugar, also one teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Mrs. Robt. Bdl. Silver Cake. — Stir to a cream one and a half cups of powdered sugar, and half a cup of butter ; add the whites of three eggs beaten stiff, one tea- spoon of vanilla or rose, one cup of cold water, three cups of flour, and two teaspoons of baking powder
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