Dover Cake

Ingredients

• one-quarter of a cupful of butter
• one-half of a cupful of sugar
• the well-beaten yolks of two eggs
• one-half of a teaspoonful of rose-water
• one teaspoonful of vanilla
• one cupful of flour
• three tablespoonfuls of milk
• one scant teaspoonful of baking powder
• a pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks and beat.

2. 2

   Mix in rose-water, vanilla, flour, and milk alternately.

3. 3

   Fold in whipped egg whites and baking powder.

4. 4

   Pour into a buttered loaf pan and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Table Talk's illustrated cook book (1906) by Table Talk Publishing Co., page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DOVER CAKE. Cream thoroughly together one-quarter of a cupful of butter and one-half of a cupful of sugar, add the well-beaten yolks of two eggs and beat again, then one-half of a teaspoonful of rose-water, one teaspoonful of vanilla and one drop of almond extract. Add alternately one cupful of flour and three tablespoon- fuls of milk and beat well. Stir in the stiffly whipped whites of the eggs, a pinch of salt and one scant teaspoonful of baking powder

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