Delicious Cake

Name: Delicious Cake
Ingredients: One-half cup sugar; two thirds cups butter; the whites of five eggs; one-half corn starch; two-and-a-half cups sifted flour; two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one of vanilla; One-half cup water; one and one-half cups white sugar; a spoonful of lemon

From Popular cook book, 1899

This cake should be four days old for perfect satisfaction.

Presented as published in 1899. 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 Popular cook book (1899) by Seeman Printery, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DELICIOUS CAKE. One-half cup sugar, two thirds cups butter, cream them together, add the whites of five eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, then add one-half corn starch dissolved in a little sweet milk, stir in not quite two-thirds cup sweet milk and two-and-a-half cups sifted flour, two teaspoon- fuls baking powder and one of vanilla. FILLING. One-half cup water, one and one-half cups white sugar; let it boil a few minutes until it drops thick and heavy, then pour on the whites of eggs, beaten very stiff and a spoonful of lemon

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