Fountain Cake
From The household cook book, 1902
Serves 4
Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 285. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
FOUNTAIN CAKE. 1 cup butter. 2 cups flour. 2 cups sugar. 1 teaspoon cream tartar. 1 cup milk. i teaspoon soda. 6 yolks of eggs. 1 teaspoon any flavoring. Mix the above; stir in quickly the well=beaten whites of 4 of the eggs, reserving the whites of 2 for the frost- ing. Bake in loaves, and as soon as done cover with frosting. FRUIT CAKE. i cup butter. If cups flour. k cup brown sugar. i teaspoon soda. i cup molasses. 1 cup chopped raisins, i cup sweet milk. Cinnamon, citron and cloves. 1 egg. Flour the fruit before add- ing. FRUIT CAKE No. 2. i cup butter. 4 eggs well beaten. 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon soda
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