Flake Cake

Ingredients

• Half a cupful of butter
• one and a half of sugar
• two of pastry flour
• one-fourth of a cupful of milk
• the whites of five eggs
• one teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• half a teaspoonful of soda
• a teaspoonful and a half of baking powder
• the juice of half a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream.

2. 2

   Gradually add the sugar, then the lemon, and when very light, the milk, and whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth; then the flour, in which the soda and cream of tartar are well mixed.

3. 3

   Bake in sheets in a moderate oven.

4. 4

   When nearly cool, frost.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Ransom's family receipt book, 1886 (1886) by D. Ransom, Son & Co, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FiAKE CAKE.— Half a cupful of butter, one and a kaif 0f sugar, two of pastry flour; one-fourth of a cupful of milk, the whites of five eggs, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda, or a teaspoonful and a half of baking powder, the juice of half a lemon

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