Colored Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup of flour
• two teaspoons Royal baking powder
• whites of four eggs
• half cup milk
• one tablespoon brandy (or vanilla)
• whites of three eggs
• one and a half cups granulated sugar
• three-quarters cup water
• a little lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter and sugar together; add the milk, flour, flavor, and baking powder, and, last, the whites of the eggs — beaten up stiff.

2. 2

   Divide in three parts, coloring one part with pistachio green coloring, one part with red fruit coloring — making it pink, and leaving the other part white.

3. 3

   Butter and paper cake tins; fill each tin and bake, making three different-colored layers.

4. 4

   For the filling, cook the sugar with the water until it ropes.

5. 5

   Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add the sugar to the whites, then lemon juice.

6. 6

   Spread filling between layers.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 591. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two teaspoons Royal baking powder, whites of four eggs, half cup milk, one tablespoon brandy (or vanilla). How to Make It. Rub butter and sugar together; add the milk, flour, flavor, and baking powder, and, last, the whites of the eggs — beaten up stiff. Divide in three parts, coloring one part with pistachio green coloring, on@ part with red fruit coloring — making it pink, and leaving the other part white. Butter and THE SWEDISH, FRENCH paper cake tins; fill each tin and bake, making three different-colored layers. Filling. Whites of three eggs, one and a half cups granulated sugar, three-quarters cup water, a little lemon juice

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