Gold Cake — Silver Cake

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups flour sifted
• 1 teasp baking powder
• whites of 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• yolks of 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups flour sifted

Method

1. 1

   For silver cake, cream butter and sugar, add milk, flour, baking powder, and beaten whites.

2. 2

   For gold cake, cream butter and brown sugar, add yolks, milk, and flour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gold Cake — Silver Cake This recipe will use up in the two cakes the yolks and the whites of the eggs, and do away with the objection of having one or the other left over. For the silver cake cream i/4 cup butter with 1 cup white sugar, add % cup milk, 1 1/^ cups flour sifted with 1 teasp baking powder, and flavor with lemon extract. Lastly add the beaten whites of 4 eggs. For the gold cake cream l^ cup butter or any good shortening with 1 cup brown sugar, add the yolks of 4 eggs, l^ cup milk, and 2 cups flour sifted

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