Lady Baltimore Cake

Ingredients

• Whites of twelve eggs
• three scant cups of sugar
• five level cups of flour
• one scant cup of butter
• two-thirds cup of sweet milk
• one level teaspoon of soda
• two level teaspoons of cream tartar

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add half of flour and milk, then balance of flour and eggs.

2. 2

   Bake in a quick oven.

3. 3

   This is enough batter for two cakes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Southern Recipes (1913) by Laura Thornton Knowles, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LADY BALTIMORE CAKE Whites of twelve eggs, three scant cups of sugar, five level cups of flour, after sifting, one scant cup of butter, two-thirds cup of sweet milk, one level teaspoon of soda, two level teaspoons of cream tartar

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