Delicate Cake
From Temperance cook book, 1887
Serves 10
Presented as published in 1887. 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 Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 102. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Mix corn- starch, flour, baking-powder together, add to butter and sugar (which has been stirred to a cream), alternately with the milk; lastly, add the whites of seven eggs; flavor to taste. Never fails to be good. WHITE CAKE. Whites of eight eggs, beaten stiff, small cupful of butter, two cupfuls of pulverized sugar, three-fourths cup of sweet milk, small teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar, or three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, three and one-half cupfuls of flour. Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add the milk and soda, then one-half the eggs, two cups of flour, then the rest of the eggs with the cupful of flour, in which the cream-tar- tar has been well mixed. Makes two loaves. A??!^ .M^miHissi , WHITE OAKE. C" Two cupfuls of sugar, one-half cup of butter, whites of four eggs, one cup of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, three small ^teaspoonfuls of baking-powder sifted into the flour. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, stir in the milk and flour, a little at a time, add the whites last. All cake should be well stirred before the whites of the eggs are added. Never fails. CORNSTARCH CAKE. — Very nice. One cupful of butter, two of powdered sugar, two cupfuls of flour, one of cornstarch, whites of seven eggs, two teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, cup sweet milk. Flavor as you like. DELICATE CAKE. Whites of five eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, one-half cupful of butter, two of sugar, one of sweet milk, two and one-half tea- spoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, one teaspoonful of bitter almond, three cupfuls of flour
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