Lady Baltimore Cake

Ingredients

• Butter, 1 cup
• Sugar, 2 cups
• Flour, 3^ cups
• Sweet milk, 1 cup
• Eggs, 6 (whites only)
• Baking-powder, 2 level teaspoons
• Rosewater, 1 teaspoon
• Granulated sugar, 3 cups
• Eggs, 3 (whites only)
• Chopped raisins, 1 cup
• Figs, 5
• Nut-meats.

Method

1. 1

   Mix as you would a white cake, and bake in 3 layers.

2. 2

   For filling, dissolve sugar in boiling water, beat egg whites, cook sugar until it threads, then pour over egg whites while stirring.

3. 3

   Add raisins, nuts, and figs, then ice the cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LADY BALTIMORE CAKE Butter, 1 cup, Sugar, 2 cups, Flour, 3^ cups, 247 CAKE AROUND-THE-WORLD COOK BOOK Sweet milk, 1 cup, Eggs, 6 (whites only). Baking-powder, 2 level teaspoons, Rosewater, 1 teaspoon. Mix it as you would a white cake, and bake in 3 layers. Filling for Lady Baltimm^e Cake Granulated sugar, 3 cups, Eggs, 3 (whites only), Chopped raisins, 1 cup. Figs, 5, Nut-meats.

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