Fisher Velvet Cake

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 11/3 cups flour
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 11/3 teaspoons CALUMET Baking Powder
• 3 drops lemon extract
• 3 drops vanilla extract

Method

1. 1

   Sift the flour once before measuring.

2. 2

   Measure into the sifter, add CALUMET and sift three times; cream the butter and sugar until frothy; beat the egg yolks until thick and lemon colored, then beat them well into the creamed butter and sugar; whip the whites of the eggs until stiff, then whip into the mixture; pour in the milk and water, sift in flour, add the extract and beat all until smooth.

3. 3

   Bake in small loaf pan forty-five minutes, allowing the mixture to rise as high as it will before browning over the top.

4. 4

   If baked in shallow pan or in layer pans, one-third cup of flour should be added.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twenty lessons in domestic science (1916) by Marian Cole Fisher, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fisher Velvet Cake 2 eggs 11/3 cups flour 1/3 cup milk 2/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter 2 tablespoons water 11/3 teaspoons CALUMET Bak- 3 drops lemon extract ing Powder 3 drops vanilla extract

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