Frosted Raisin Cake

Ingredients

• One cup sugar
• one of flour
• three eggs
• three tablespoonfuls of cold water
• two teaspoonfuls baking powder
• a piece of butter as large as a walnut
• White of one egg
• two-thirds of a cup of sugar
• one tablespoonful of water
• a large teacup of stoned raisins

Method

1. 1

   Bake in layers.

2. 2

   For frosting: Beat white of one egg to a stiff froth, add sugar and water; cook in a kettle of boiling water for 10-15 minutes.

3. 3

   Stir in chopped raisins and put between and on top of layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 370. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FROSTED RAISIN CAKE. One cup sugar, one of flour, three eggs, three tablespoonfuls of cold water, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, a piece of butter as large as a walnut ; flavor and bake in layers. For frosting — White of one egg beaten to a stiff froth, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of water ; put in a dish and set in a kettle of boiling water ; cook ten or fifteen minutes, but do not let it get stiff ; have ready a large teacup of stoned raisins

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