Lemon Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup of powdered sugar
• 1^/2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• 2 cups of flour
• 6 whites of eggs
• 1 cup of butter
• % lemon

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and mix with sugar, lemon juice and flour, add baking powder and the beaten whites of eggs.

2. 2

   Put in a buttered pan and bake for 30 to 45 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of German cooking and baking (1922) by Lina Wachtelborn Meier, page 138. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

% lemon 1 % cups of powdered sugar 1 % tsps. of baking powder 2 cups of flour 6 whites of eggs ( Preparation: Cream the butter and mix with sugar, lemon juice and flour, add 1^/2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder and the beaten whites of eggs. Put in a buttered pan and bake i/^ to % hour. No. 29— LAYER CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE. % lb. of butter % lb. of flour % lb. of sugar 2 heaping tsps. of baking powder 6 eggs % lb. of chocolate For the Filling. % cup of cream 1 % tsps. of vanilla 3 eggs 4 tbsps. of sugar Preparation: Cream the butter, then mix with sugar, yolks of eggs, flour, and lastly the baking powder and beaten whites of eggs. The chocolate is grated and mixed with one- half of tihe batter. Bake in four layers, 3 light or yellow ones and 2 dark ones containing chocolate. The filling is made by mixing well : cream, yolks of eggs, vanilla and sugar and cooking it in a double boiler to a thick cream, stirring constantly. Let it get cold, mix with the beaten whites of eggs and spread it between the layers, putting them together light and dark alternately. The cake may be covered with a chocolate frosting. — 292 — No. 30^LAYBR CAKE WITH JELLY FILLING. % lb. of butter % lb. of flour % lb. of sugar 2 heaping tsps. of baking powder 5 eggs Jelly for the filling Preparation : Cream the butter witft sugar, add the yolks of eggs, then gradually work in the flour, baking powder and beaten whites of eggs. Bake in three layers and when these are cooled ofif, spread jelly over tlhem and place one on the other. If you like, cover the cake with a white frosting. No. 31— LAYER CAKE WITH BANANA FILLING. 1 cup of butter

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