Economical Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon corn-starch
• 1 cup sweet milk

Method

1. 1

   Bake in thin sheets.

2. 2

   Use cream, cocoanut, jelly or any filling desired.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 280. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ECONOMICAL LAYER CAKE. i cup butter. 2 cups flour. 1 cup sugar. 3 teaspoons baking powder. 1 tablespoon corn=starch made smooth in 1 cup sweet milk. Bake in thin sheets. Use cream, cocoanut, jelly or any filling desired. FIG LAYER CAKE. i cup butter. 2 cups flour (sifted). 1 cup sugar. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 4 large or 5 small eggs. 1 teaspoon vannilla. i cup milk. Bake in 4 layers. When cold spread on our " Fig Filling, No. 1." LAYEK CAKES 367 lEOQUOIS CAKE, i cup butter. li cups flour. 1 cup powdered sugar. 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 whites of eggs. (scant), i cup milk. 1 teaspoon lemon extract. Bake in 2 tins, and use the " icing filling " given among our fillings. JELLY CAKE. i cup butter. i cup milk (scant). 1 cup sugar. If cups flour. 2 eggs. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 1 teaspoon of any flavoring. Bake in three layers. Spread jelly between layers for filling. PEACH CAKE. Bake sponge cake in 3 layers as for jelly cake; take fine ripe peaches, chop fine or slice thin. Between layers and on top put a layer of the peaches and cover them with either the whipped cream or mock whipped cream given among our fillings. Eat soon after pre- paring it. ROCHESTEK JELLY CAKE. LIGHT PAET. 1 cup butter

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