Mamie's White Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups sugar
• Y2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup water
• 2¥2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 cups pastry flour
• 8 egg whites

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Sift flour three times.

3. 3

   Add flour and water alternately.

4. 4

   Add baking powder in the last addition of water.

5. 5

   Add lemon and vanilla.

6. 6

   Beat egg whites stiff and fold in lightly.

7. 7

   Bake in a large tube pan in a cold oven at 275° for about 1 to 1.5 hours or until a straw comes out clean.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MAMIE'S WHITE CAKE 1 cup butter 1 teaspoon lemon extract 2 cups sugar Y2 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup water 2¥2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups pastry flour 8 egg whites

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