Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup sifted pastry flour
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons melted vegetable butter
• 1 scant cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• A few grains of salt
• Vanilla flavor

Method

1. 1

   Break the eggs whole into a round-bottomed mixing bowl.

2. 2

   Add the water, the lemon juice, the sugar, and a few grains of salt.

3. 3

   Set the bowl into a pan of boiling water and beat quickly until foamy and blood warm.

4. 4

   Remove from the water, set on the table, and beat until cold and light.

5. 5

   Add the flavoring, and mix; then sift half of the flour over the batter, and fold in lightly.

6. 6

   Sprinkle the melted butter over the mixture, and fold in with a few careful strokes.

7. 7

   Sift the remainder of the flour over the batter, and fold in lightly; then pour into 2 paper-lined cake tins, and bake in a medium oven from 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Science of food & cookery (1921) by H. S. Anderson, page 120. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LAYER CAKE 4 eggs \l/3 cups sifted pastry flour 2 teaspoons lemon juice 3 tablespoons melted vegetable I scant cup granulated sugar butter 1 tablespoon water A few grains of salt Vanilla flavor

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