Dolly Varden Cake

Ingredients

• Whites of five eggs
• one coffee cup of white sugar
• one half-cup of butter
• two cups of flour
• one-half cup of sweet milk
• one teaspoonful of baking powder
• Yolks of five eggs
• one cup of sugar
• one half-cup of butter
• two cups of flour
• one-half cup of sweet milk
• one teaspoonful of baking powder
• one pound currants
• Two lemons grated and squeezed
• two cups white sugar
• two eggs
• two tablespoonfuls of butter

Method

1. 1

   Bake in jelly pans.

2. 2

   For jelly: Cook lemons, sugar, eggs, and butter until thick, stirring all the time.

3. 3

   Place cake in alternate layers with jelly between.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 371. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DOLLY VARDEN CAKE Whites of five eggs, one coffee cup of white sugar, one half-cup of butter, two cups of flour, one-half cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of baking powder, well mixed in flour; bake in jelly pans. Yolks of five eggs, one cup of sugar, one half-cup of butter, two cups of flour, one-half cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one pound currants ; flavor with cinnamon and nutmeg ; bake in jelly pans. Jelly for the above— Two lemons grated and squeezed, two cups white sugar, two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of butter

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