Lady Baltimore Cake

Ingredients

• one pound of sugar
• half a pound of butter
• the yolks and whites of eight eggs
• half a pint of milk
• one pound of flour
• four teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• three cups of powdered sugar
• three-quarters of a cup of water
• two cups of chopped raisins
• two cups of almonds

Method

1. 1

   Cream sugar and butter.

2. 2

   Add beaten yolks, milk, flour, and baking powder.

3. 3

   Bake in three layers.

4. 4

   For filling, boil sugar and water, beat eggs, stir in syrup, add raisins and almonds.

5. 5

   Spread between layers and cover with white frosting.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Joe Tilden's recipes for epicures (1907) by Joe Tilden, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lady Baltimore Cake Cream one pound of sugar and half a pound of butter. Beat the yolks and whites of eight eggs separately, and add the beaten yolks to the butter and sugar. Stir in half a pint of milk and one pound of flour with four tea- spoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with lemon or vanilla and bake in three layers. For the filling, boil three cups of powdered sugar and three-quarters of a cup of water for five minutes. Beat four eggs, the yolks and whites together, and into them stir the boiling syrup, add two cups of chopped raisins and two cups of almonds

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