Berry Cake

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• }i cup of butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup of berries
• 1 teaspoon of soda
• 2 tablespoons of sour cream or milk
• 1^ cups of flour

Method

1. 1

   Cream eggs, butter, and sugar, then add berries, soda, sour cream, and flour.

2. 2

   Bake in layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 370. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BERRY CAKE.— 2 cups flour, >4 tea- spoon salt, 2 even teaspoons baking powder, ^ cup butter, ^ cup sugar. 1 egg, white and yolk beaten separately, 1 cup sweet milk, 1 heaping cup huckleberries, or very thin sliced apples, added last. Bake in a thin pan ^ an hr. — Mrs. Wm. P. Williams, 4463 Wood- lawn Ave., Chicago, 111. APPLE SAUCE CAKE.— 1 cup brown sugar, creamed with ^ cup butter; add 1^ cups apple sauce, 1 cup raisins, 2 teaspoons of soda, dissolved in a little water, ]/^ teaspoon of cloves, J/2 tea- spoon cinnamon, % teaspoon nutmeg and 2 cups flour. The apple sauce serves instead of milk or water and keeps the cake moist for a long time. — Mrs. E. J. McGrath, 315 S. 5th Ave., Maywood, III. BELFAST CAKE.— Cream together y. cup butter, V/2 cups sugar; add 1 cup sour milk, 2 cups graham flour, ^ cup white flour, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon soda, ^ teaspoon cinnamon, ^ tea- spoon salt, a saltspoon of nutmeg. Bake rather slowly. This may be used as either a loaf or layer cake. Sour cream my be used, and use less butter. — Mrs. G. A. Love, Hubbard Woods, 111. BERRY CAKE. — Cream together 3 eggs, }i cup of butter and 1 cup of sugar; add 1 cup of berries, 1 teaspoon of soda, 2 table- spoons of sour cream or milk, 1^ cups of flour

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