Cup Cake
From Delicate dishes, 1896
Recipe attributed to Mrs. Virginia M. Harper.
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Delicate dishes (1896), page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
cups sugar, i of butter, 3 of flour, i^ teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder. Beat the yolks very light, cream the butter and sugar; add flour and baking powder last. Mrs. R. Longmire. QUEEN OF ALL CAKES. Bake angel's food in jelly tins, about ^ an inch thick, and allow to become perfectly cold. Whip i pint sweet cream, sweeten and add vanilla and i pound CAKE. 128 almonds, blanched and chopped fine. Spread very thick between the layers. Powdered sugar over the top. Mrs. Anna W. Knight. ENGLISH SEED CAKE. One pound flour, ^ of butter, ^ of sugar, 2 eggs well beaten, ^ pound seeds (caraway) or ^ pound raisins and a little candied orange peel; enough milk to make a thin dough. Put into 2 pans and bake i}( hours. Mrs. Earl W. Spencer. RAISIN CAKE. One cup brown sugar, % of butter, % of sour milk, 1% oi sifted flour, i of chopped raisins, 2 eggs, or yolks of 4, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg to suit the taste. Mrs. Neal. CUP CAKE. Four cups flour, 3 of sugar, i of butter, i of sweet milk, 5 eggs. Flavor with any preferred extract, 3 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder sifted in the flour, Mrs. Virginia M. Harper. SPONGE CAKE. Four eggs, 2 cups sug'ar, 2 cups flour, fz cup boil- ing water, 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder, lemon. Mrs. S. H. Stevens. %/A'^Ek|TINr» VALENTINE & GOiftPflNY^ VMr n ISHLv Coacb and Car Varnisbes and Colors. 124 CAKE. RIBBON CAKE. Beat together to a cream ^ cup butter and 2 of sugar; add 3 cups flour, into which has been sifted 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder; stir in i cup milk and the whites of 6 eggs beaten to a froth. Bake in 3 layers and for the middle layer take out 4 table- spoonfuls of the mixture and add to it i tablespoonful of molasses, y^ cup flour, i cup chopped raisins, i^ tea- spoonful of cloves, ^ of soda, i teaspoonful of cinna- mon and the yolks of 2 eggs. Put this layer between the other 2 with jelly or soft icing and ice the top. Mrs. J. F. Dickson. BLACK AND WHITE CAKE. (Black Part.) Cream ^ cup butter
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