Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup of butter, or substitute
• 1 cup of sugar
• the yolks of 3 or 4 eggs
• 3 cups of flour
• 3 tsps. of Rumford baking powder
• 1 cup of milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter with sugar.

2. 2

   Beat yolks of eggs until light, add sugar, and combine with butter mixture.

3. 3

   Sift flour with baking powder and add alternately with milk.

4. 4

   Fold in beaten egg whites, flavor, and bake in layers in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Memorial Hall cook book (1919) by Willow Grove Memorial Hall (Willow Grove, Pa.), page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cake Cream % cup of butter, or substitute, with 1 cup of sugar. Beat the yolks of 3 or 4 eggs separately until very light, add cup of sugar, and beat again. Combine the two mixtures. Sift 3 cups of flour with 3 tsps. of Rumford baking powder, and add alternately with 1 cup of milk

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