Drop Cake

Ingredients

• THREE eggs
• two teacups of sugar
• one coffee-cup of rich sour cream
• one-fourth a teaspoon of soda
• one-half a teaspoon of salt
• one-half a medium-sized nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Stir in sufficient flour to make a thick batter.

2. 2

   Bake in muffin-pans, dropping a tablespoonful of batter in each ring.

3. 3

   Bake in a well-heated oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them (1890) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

three eggs, one-half a cup of sugar. Spread on the layers, and sprinkle thickly with ground cocoanut. ■y 7k« i/lsKMtWn AND HOW TO COOK THEM 193 DELICATE CAKE. BY MRS. H. C. M'CORMICK. (Wife of Representative from Pennsylvania.) SjHREE-FOURTHS cup of butter, two cups fine granulated sugar, beaten well together; one cup of sweet milk, three cups flour, two tea- spoonfuls of baking powder and the whites of eight eggs. Flavor with almond. Beat well ten minutes after putting in all the ingredients. For loaf bake one hour. 13 194 STATESMEN'S DISHES; ICE-CREAM CAKE. BY MRS. B. P. PETTIGREW. (Wife of Representative from South Dakota.) NE cup of sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup corn starch, one-half cup milk, one tea- spoon baking powder, whites of four eggs. FILLING. Two cups sugar, one-fourth cup water, or two table- spoons of water ; boil until it hairs or will harden in cold water. Pour this mixture into the whites of four eggs well beaten. Chopped nuts improve the filling. AND BOW TO COOK THEM. 198 DROP CAKE. BY MRS. ALONZO NPTE. (Wife of Representative from New Hampshire.) jjHBEE eggs, two teacups of sugar, one coffee- cup of rich sour cream, (if not possible to get it rich, put two tablespoons of butter to it,) one-fourth a teaspoon of soda, one-half a teaspoon of salt, one-half a medium-sized nutmeg

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