Cheap Angel Cake
From Machias Cook Book, 1899
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This recipe was extracted from Machias Cook Book (1899) by [name missing], page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
CHEAP ANGEL CAKE. I cup sugar, ^ cup butter, beat to a cream. Dissolve i heap- ing teaspoonful of cream of tartar and ^ teaspoonful soda in ^ cup sweet milk, stir into the butter and sugar ; to i cup of flour add Ys cup corn starch, beat thoroughly, then add the whites of 4 6ggS) well beaten. ALMOND CAKE. 3 eggs (whites), 2 cups flour, i cup sugar, yi cup butter, J^ cup milk, I teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda. Almond. TEA CAKE. 4 eggs, 3 cups sugar, i cup butter (scant), i cup milk, 4 cups flour, a bit of soda not larger than a bean. Mrs. L. M. Bailey. BUTTERMILK CAKE. I cup buttermilk, i cup sugar, i cup raisins, 2 cups flour, y^ cup butter, spices, yi teaspoonful cloves, i teaspoonful cinnamon, i teaspoonful ginger. Don't use sour milk. ^ Mrs. I. W. Leighton. PUFF CAKE. 3 *ggs, 2 cups sugar, J^ cup butter, i cup milk, i teaspoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, 3 cups flour. Flavor. Mrs. E. S. Robinson. CAKE. 23 BROWN SUGAR CAKE. I egg, J4 cup brown sugar, i cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoon- fuls cream tartar, i teaspoontul soda, 2 teaspoonfuls butter. SOUR CREAM CAKE. I cup sugar, i cup sour cream, ^ cup milk, ^ cup butter, i teaspoonful soda, nutmeg, 2^ cups flour. BROWNIE'S FOOD. First Part : i y^ cup brown sugar, J^ cup sweet milk, ^ cup grated chocolate ; boil and set away to cool. Second Part: ^ cup butter (scant), i cup brown sugar, ^ cup milk, 2 cups flour, i teaspoontul soda in flour, add the first part and i teaspoonful vanilla. Bake in layers. CREAM frosting FOR ABOVE. )4 cup good, sweet cream, i pound confectioners' sugar. Marie Kelly, Whitewater, Wis. CARAMEL CAKE. 1 cup sugar. J^ cup butter, ^ cup milk, i teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda, 2 scant cups of flour. Bake in pie tins or in a thin sheet. FILLING FOR SAME. 2 cups sugar (scant), Yi cup milk, butter size of an egg ; boil 9 or 10 minutes, or until it hairs, then add small teaspoonful vanilla, beat until cool ; one layer of filling on top of cake. Mrs. W. E. McLellan, Westbrook, Me. MARSHALL CAKE. 2^ cups of sugar, i cup of butter, i cup of milk, 4 cups of flour, 4 ^S^Sy ^ teaspoonful soda, i teaspoonful of cream tartar. To ^ of this add : 2 tablespoonfuls of molasses, i cup of raisins, i cup currants, ^ lb. citron. Spice of all kinds. Wet 3rd sheet with the white of an egg, and place between the light ones. Mrs. G. W. Hathaway, East Machias, Me. 24 MACHIAS COOK BOOK. MARBLE CAKE, No. i. LIGHT PART. I cup sugar, ^ cup butter, y^, cup sweet milk, whites of 5 eggs, I teaspoonful cream tartar, J^ teaspaoafjl soda, i^ cups flour. DARK PART. y^ cup sugar, ^ cup molasses, }4 cup butter, yolks of 3 eggs, 1^3 cups flo'jr, I teaspoonful cream tartar, )^ teaspoonful soda, teaspoonful all kinds spice. Eva Perry, Crawford, Me. MARBLE CAKE. WHITE PART. I Yq, cups white sugar, Yi cup butter, Y^ ^"P sweet milk, ^ teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda, whites of 4 eggs, 2Y2 cups flour. DARK PART. I cup brown sugar, Y2. cup molasses, )4 cup butter, yolks of 4 eggs, Y^ c"P sour milk, Y^ teaspoonful soda, 2^ cups flour, tea- spoonful of all kinds of spice. WALNUT LAYER CAKE. I cup sugar, ^ cup butter, creamed together ; then add, 2 well beaten eggs, ij^ cups flour, ^ cup milk with Y2 teaspoonful soda and I teaspoonful cream tartar. For ^ of this mixture add spice, and I teaspoonful molasses. FILLING FOR SAME. I egg, Yi cup milk, i tablespoonful butter, 3 heaping teaspoon- fuls flour, I cup sugar, mix this all together and cook on stove ; after taken from the stOve add ^ lb. chopped walnuts then spread between the layers. Hattie Gardner. TU^m FRUITTI CAKE. Y2 cup butter,
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