Best White Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 12 whites of eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 2 rounded teaspoons baking powder
• 1 do cream tartar
• 4 large cups flour

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour, baking powder, and cream of tartar together.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar until light, then gradually add milk and flour mixture.

3. 3

   Fold in whipped egg whites.

4. 4

   Bake in molds or layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 190. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Best White Cake, or Cake." Dream 2 cups granulated sugar — a pound. I cup butter — ^ pound. 12 whites of eggs— 12 ounces. 1 cup milk — % pint. 2 rounded teaspoons baking powder. I do cream tartar. Vanilla or lemon extract. 4 large cups flour

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