Burnt Sugar Cake

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 cup of boiling water
• Y2 cups sugar
• Yi cup butter
• 3 egg yolks
• 2l/2 cups of flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• last whites of eggs well beaten

Method

1. 1

   Burn sugar to a dark brown, add boiling water and let cool.

2. 2

   Cream sugar and butter, add liquid, then flour with baking powder, vanilla, and last the beaten egg whites.

3. 3

   Bake in moderate oven in any kind of cake pan.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delicacies (1929) by Thursday Club (San Diego, Calif.), page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Burnt Sugar Cake Burn 2 tablespoons of sugar to a dark brown, add 1 cup of boiling water. Let cool and use for liquid in cake. Cream : \y2 cups sugar Yi cup butter 3 egg yolks Add liquid, then 2l/2 cups of flour with 2 teaspoons bak- ing powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla, last whites of eggs well beaten. Bake in moderate oven in any kind of cake pan. Carmel Icing. Yi cup butter 2 cups brown sugar Y2 cup cream 1 teaspoon vanilla Cook until it forms a solid ball in cold water ; heat and spread on cake. — Mrs. J. M. McColl. —94— Thursday Club Delicacies Cake Short Cake Cream % cup butter and 1 cup sugar. Add 2 well beaten eggs, ! 2 tsp salt, then alternately ]A cup milk and 2 cups flour in which is sifted 2 tsp baking powder. Bake in two layers. When cold use strawberries, bananas or peaches between and on top of cake. — Mrs. E. P. McKellar. Prune Cake Cream 1 cup sugar with 3 eggs, 4 teaspoons butter and 3 teaspoons Crisco. Yi teaspoon allspice 2 cups sifted flour V2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup cooked prunes ]A teaspoon cream tartar 1 cup prune juice )A teaspoon baking powder salt Yi teaspoon cloves Icing. 2 cups powdered sugar 4 teaspoons cream T 2 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla — Mrs. Hal Hotchkiss. Banana Nut Cake Cream 1 yi. cups white sugar with ^2 cup butter ; add 2 beaten eggs; add 1 cup mashed bananas (3 medium sized ones.) Beat. Add 4 tbsp sour milk in which has been dissolv- ed 1 tsp soda. Then add 1^4 cups flour in which is mixed 1 scant tsp baking powder and Y tsp salt. Add 1 cup chopped walnuts. Bake slowly in cake pan with stem 40 minutes. This cake keeps moist and needs no icing. — Mrs. George Sears. Cocoa Sponge Cake 4 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 1 cup sugar % cup cocoa 4 tbsps cold water l/% tsp salt •}i cup pastry flour 1 tsp vanilla Beat egg yolks well, add sugar and water. Sift dry ingre- dients together and combine with above. Add vanilla and beaten egg whites. Bake in an angel cake pan at 320° F. for 1 hour. —Mrs. Melvm Wilson. —95- Cakes Thursday Club Delicacies Graham Cracker Cake }4 cup butter, cream with 1 cup 2 tablespoons baking powder sugar y2 lb rolled graham crackers yolks of 2 eggs whites of 2 eggs (well 1 cup milk beaten) y2 cup flour Frosting : Butter, powdered sugar, chopped nuts. — Mrs. Ray Cox. Chocolate Fudge Cake 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup cocoa Yz cup of milk Boil and cool. While this is cooling, mix: 1 cup brown sugar Yz cup butter When creamed, add 2 well beaten eggs, 1 cup milk and 2 scant cups flour, 1 teaspoon soda (sifted with flour), 1 tea- spoon vanilla; add chocolate mixture and bake in two layers. (Especially good with one cup walnut meats chopped fine.) —Mrs. E. P. McKellar. Eggless Cake 1 cup sugar 1 cup sour milk l/2 cup shortening 1 cup raisins 2 cups flour ]/2 cup nuts 1 teaspoon soda (small) l/2 teaspoon cinnamon ]/2 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cocoa y2 teaspoon baking powder Frosting. 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon butter, beat to a cream 2 tablespoons milk ; vanilla — Mrs. Ray Cox. —96— Thursday Club Delicacies Cakes Orange Sunshine Cake 1 cup sugar and x/\ tsp vanilla 4 egg yolks, beat to a cream 1 cup flour and pinch salt 1 tsp baking powder ; blend x/i cup orange juice Add beaten whites of eggs and bake as loaf or angel food in slow oven 40 minutes. — Mrs. Ruel Liggett. Fudge Cake Frosting y2 cup cocoa. Butter size of egg; melt over hot water. 1 lb. powdered sugar and enough cream to mix until thick enough to spread. Then add chocolate mixture and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat until creamy — Mrs. E. P. McKcllar. Taffy Cake 1 cup brown sugar salt 1 cup chopped walnuts % tsp soda, sifted with flour 5 tablespoons flour 1 egg beaten Mix well and bake same as date sticks. — Mrs. Roy Campbell. Cocoanut Cake 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 1 cup butter 3 teaspoons baking powder

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