Cocoanut Pound Cake

Ingredients

• one and one-third pints of sugar
• one pint of butter
• one tablespoon orance-nower water
• three of rose-water
• one-fourth pound of flour
• whites of nine eggs
• one pint flour
• one pound grated cocoanut
• one grated nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Cream together sugar and butter, add orange-flower water and rose-water; beat in egg whites and flour gradually, stirring constantly.

2. 2

   Add grated cocoanut and nutmeg, work until smooth, pour into cake pans, smooth with a knife dipped in cold water, and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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