Lady Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. butter
• 1/2 lb. rolled white sugar
• 1 lb. self-raising flour
• the whites of 4 eggs
• 1 cup of lukewarm water
• a lemon
• 2 teaspoonfuls Royal baking-powder

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream and gradually add the sugar.

2. 2

   Slowly add the lukewarm water while beating.

3. 3

   Stir in half the flour vigorously.

4. 4

   Add half of the beaten egg whites, then the remaining flour, lemon juice, grated rind, and the rest of the egg whites.

5. 5

   Stir well and bake in a moderately warm oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lady Cake. — Lady cake is an American recipe (Mrs. Mitchell’s) for a very excellent cake, and requires lb. butter, f lb. rolled white sugar, i lb. self- raising flour, the whites of 4 eggs, and i cup of lukewarm water ; a lemon. (But if you are out of self-raising flour use ordinary flour, but add 2 teaspoonfuls Royal baking- powder, this latter to be added just before the last whites of eggs are put in.) Beat the butter to a cream and gradually add the sugar, then, slowly beating all the time, add the cup of lukewarm water

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