Five Cake

Ingredients

• Cream i cup of butter
• with 2 of pulverized sugar
• add 5 eggs
• Yi cup of milk
• 3 cups of flour
• % teaspoonful of soda
• Flavor with vanilla.

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, milk, flour, and soda.

2. 2

   Mix well.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delicate dishes (1896), page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FIVE CAKE. Cream i cup of butter with 2 of pulverized sugar, add 5 eggs, beaten separately, Yi cup of milk, 3 cups of flour and % teaspoonful soda, dissolved in the milk. Flavor with vanilla. L. W. A. DOUGH CAKE. Four teacups of raised dough, 2 cups sugar, i of butter, 2 of raisins, 4 eggs, spice to taste, i wineglass of brandy. Let it rise in the pans, until light. Bake slowly. Mrs. B. Smith. l/ALEUTINrr VALENTINE & GOMPflNY. VMr n ISHLO Coacb and Car Yarnisbes and Colors. 140 CAKE. COFFEE CAKE. Cream i cup of butter and i of sugar, add i of mo- lasses, I of strong coffee, 2 of raisins, ^^ of milk, i tea- spoonful of soda, I quart of flour. Spices. M. D. E. SILVER CAKE. Cream i cup of butter with i of powdered sugar, add 3 cups of flour, whites of 8 eggs, 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo baking powder, 24 almonds, blanched and chop- ped. Flavor with extract of bitter almonds. GOLD CAKE. Cream i cup of butter with 2 of sugar, add 4 cups of flour, I of milk, yolks of 8 eggs, i teaspoonful of Cameo baking powder, nutmeg and citron. Miss Mary E. D. ORANGE CAKE. Beat to a cream i/^ cup of butter with 2 of sugar, ^ cup of milk, 2^ of flour, 5 eggs, beaten separately. Bake in layers. Take the white of one of the eggs and beat to a stiff froth, beat in powdered sugar and the juice and grated rind of i orange, until thick enough to spread between the layers. Miss Nellie H. HICKORY NUT CAKE. Cream together ^ cup of butter with i ^ of sugar. CAKE. 141 3/1 cup of milk, 2 of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of Cameo bak- ing powder, whites of 4 eggs, i cup of hickory nut meats. Miss Susan J. F. CITRON CAKE. Cream 2 cups of butter with 3 of sugar, add i cup milk, 5 of flour, 6 eggs, i teaspoonful of soda, sliced citron. SHURDIE CAKE. Cream i cup of butter with 2 of sugar, add i cup of milk, 2 eggs, and 4 cups of flour, into which sift 2 tea- spoonfuls of Cameo baking powder. Put in i tumbler- ful of nuts and flavor with lemon. Mrs. J. W. Harrison. DOUGHNUTS. Beat together i cup of white sugar, yolks of 3 eggs, I cup of milk, butter the size of an egg, small teaspoon- ful of salt, the beaten whites of the eggs, and 3 tea- spoonfuls of Cameo baking powder sifted into enough flour to roll out soft. Fry in lard and dust with sugar. Mrs. J. H. Rhodes. VOSSES YflLENTlNE & GOMPflNy, Coacb and Car Yarnishes and Colors. 142 CAKE. SUGAR COOKIES. Two cups of sugar, i of butter, 2 eggs, ^ cup of sour milk, level teaspoonful of soda, nutmeg or lemon extract. Mrs. Roosevelt. GINGER COOKIES. Boil up once 2 cups of molasses, ^ of sugar, i of butter, I tablespoonful of ginger and a little cinnamon. When cool add 2 well beaten egg^ and i teaspoonful of soda

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.