Lemon Jelly Cake

Ingredients

• One and one-half cups sugar
• one-half cup butter
• one-half cup milk
• two and one-half cups flour
• two teaspoonfuls baking powder
• three eggs, well beaten
• One cup sugar (for jelly)
• juice and grated rind of one lemon
• one tablespoonful water
• one teaspoonful flour

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add milk, flour, and baking powder.

2. 2

   For jelly, place dish in a pan of boiling water and let thicken, when cool spread between layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lemon Jelly Cake. — One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, beat to a cream, one-half cup milk, two and one-half cups flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, three eggs, well beaten, bake in layers. Jelly : One cup sugar, one ^ZZ^ '^^ juice and grated rind of one lemon, one table- spoonful water, one teaspoonful flour

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