Delicate White Cake

Ingredients

• Whites 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 teaspoons baking-powder
• Pinch salt

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, add sugar gradually, beating all the while, then add the water slowly, with two tablespoons of flour.

2. 2

   Fold in the well-beaten whites of eggs, then add the remaining two cups of flour with baking-powder mixed with it.

3. 3

   Fold until well mixed, and beat hard for a moment, and turn into buttered and papered pans, and place in moderate oven and bake until cake leaves side of pans.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Scientific cooking with scientific methods (1911) by Sarah E. Woodworth Craig, page 135. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Delicate White Cake. Whites 4 eggs. 1 cup sugar. Vo cup butter. 2 cups flour, sifted. y2 cup water. 2 teaspoons baking-powder. Pinch salt. Cream butter, add sugar gradually, beating all the while, then add the water slowly, with two tablespoons of flour. Fold in the well-beaten whites of eggs, then add the remaining two cups of flour with baking- powder mixed with it. Fold until well mixed, and beat hard for a moment, and turn into buttered and CAKES MADE WITH BUTTER. 305 papered pans (square ones preferred), and place in moderate oven and bake until cake leaves side of pans. Put together with opera caramel frosting. As the cara- mel cools and gets hard, mark top with thread where it is to be cut. This prevents the icing from breaking as you cut the cake. Chocolate Cake. 2 eggs. I/O cup milk. 14 cup butter

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