Burnt Sugar Cake

Ingredients

• V/z cups sugar
• 1 cup sweet milk
• % cup cold water
• 2*/2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 scant teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Burn one-half cup sugar in a steel spider to a deep brown, add water, shake well until all sugar is dissolved and set aside to cool.

2. 2

   Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly, add yolks that have been beaten until thick and lemon colored, add milk and mix flour sifted three times with baking powder and soda then add burnt liquid and last the beaten egg whites and flavoring.

3. 3

   Bake layers in a quick oven and cover with caramel frosting.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BURNT SUGAR CAKE V/z cups sugar 1 cup sweet milk % cup cold water 2*/2 cups flour 2 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla 1 scant teaspoon soda

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