Burnt Leather Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• one-third cup boiling water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• beaten yolks of 2 eggs
• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 2 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons burnt leather
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon soda
• beaten whites of 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Burn sugar and add boiling water.

2. 2

   Cream sugar and butter, add beaten yolks, lukewarm water, and flour.

3. 3

   Add burnt leather, then remaining flour, cream of tartar, soda, beaten egg whites, and vanilla.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Carbon County cook book (1926), page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

14 cups sugar, 314 cups flour, 2 cups sour milk, 4 teaspoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon vanilla. Cream the lard and sugar, add milk and soda, add flour and cocoa sifted together, add vanilla. Nuts and raisins may be added. EFFIE ANDERSON. rs Pe x etl Ag : ; x re ie fa oe Fi a te eee CARBON COUNTY COOK BOOK aaa Burnt Leather Cake. 1 cup brown sugar, or white, burnt and then add one-third cup boiling water, ceram 114 cups sugar and 14 cup butter, then add beaten yolks of 2 eggs. Add 1 cup luke warm water and 2 cups flour, 3 tablespoons burnt leather and beat five minutes. Then add 14 cup flour, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon soda, beaten whites of 3 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla

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