Lemon and Orange Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1/4 lb. butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 tsps. baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix eggs, sugar, flour (sift 3 times) and baking powder well.

2. 2

   Let butter and milk come to a boil, then add to batter.

3. 3

   Add flavoring.

4. 4

   Bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

) 2 tsp baking powder Beat eggs well, add sugar, beat good, stir in flour to which bak- ing powder has been added. Put milk and butter in sauce pan on stove and let come to a boil, pour in first mixture little at a time, then add y2 teaspoon vanilla and V2 teaspoon lemon and mix good. Put in tube pan greased and floured and bake at 325 degrees. Mrs. M. T. Owen MOLASSES CAKE One-third cup lard dissolved in 1 cup boiling water, y2 teaspoon soda, l|3 teaspoon salt, 2V2 cups flour, 1 cup molasses alid x/2 CUP sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 egg and y2 teaspoon baking powder. Dissolve soda in water and molasses. Bake in loaf pan. Mrs. W. A. Propst SOLID APPLESAUCE CAKE 1 cup butter Add 4 teaspoons soda 2 cups sugar 2 cups raisins (chopped) 3 eggs 2 cups, pecans (chopped) 1 cup milk (sweet) 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon cloves 3 cups cooked apples 1 teaspoon allspice (or apple sauce) 1 small can crushed pineapple Bake in round pan as fruit cake. Mrs. Hill C. Trexler 19 GRANDMA'S MOLASSES CAKE 2/3 cup shortening 2 cups flour V4 cup sugar 1V2 teaspoon baking powder 3/i cup molasses V2 teaspoon soda 2 egt;s beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla V2 cup milk V2 teaspoon salt Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and then sift flour, soda and baking powder, add eggs that have been beaten, add molasses last. Mn. C. I. Scruggs CROWN CAKE Measure into mixing bowl : 2 cups sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cup sugar 2/3 cup milk Y2 cup shortening Blend by hand or mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in 3 teaspoons bak- ing powder, add 1/3 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Blend by- hand or mixer for 2 minutes. Pour into 9-inch ring mold, 3" deep, rubbed with shortening and lined with waxed paper along the bottom. Bake in moderate oven 375 degrees 40 to 45 minutes. When cool ice with creaming icing. Mrs. A. T. Gobbel LEMON AND ORANGE LAYER CAKE 4 eggs V4 lb. butter 2 cups sugar 1 cup sweet milk 2 cups flour 1 tsp. vanilla

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