Michigan Fruit Cake (Layer)

Ingredients

• one scant cupful of butter
• two cupfuls of sugar
• three cupfuls of flour
• two teaspoonfuls of Price's baking-powder
• one cupful of sweet milk
• the whites of six eggs
• three teaspoonfuls of lemon extract
• one cupful of raisins

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add milk gradually, then flour and beaten whites alternately.

2. 2

   For filling, make icing with egg whites and sugar, adding raisins mixed with citron and currants between layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 170. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one cupful of raisins, seeded and chopped. Bake thfs in third tin. Put the three layers together with the dark in the center with frosting between and on top. Notice. — In mixing, put together the usual way, except reserve one- half cupful of flour till the last and in it stir the baking-powder, adding a very little pinch of salt. Mrs. M. E. St. Clair. ILLINOIS CAKE. Five eggs, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of butter, two teaspoon- fuls of baking-powder, three cupfuls of flour and one cupful of milk; flavor with vanilla. Filling. — One cupful of sugar and enough water to dissolve the sugar; put in a pan and let it simmer on the stove until it candies. Then chop fine one cupful of seedless raisins. Stir them in the candied sugar, beat two eggs to a froth and, last of all, stir them in; flavor slightly with vanilla. Spread as you would other filling. This makes two small cakes. One-half the amount will be suflicient for most families. Mrs. Minerva Lane. MINNEHAHA CAKE. Take one and one-half cupfuls of granulated sugar, one-quarter of a cupful of butter, one-half cupful of milk, two cupfuls of flour, two tea- spoonfuls of baking-powder, the whites of six eggs beaten thoroughly. For filling use one cupful of stoned raisins, one cupful of hickory nut meats, chopped fine, one cupful of sugar. Cover these with water and boil down until thick enough to spread on cake. Mrs. H. P. Jones. MAPLE LAYER CAKE. Make the above layer cake. For a filling take two cupfuls of maple sugar (shaved), add one cupful of water and boil until it waxes when dropped in cold water. Remove from the fire and add two teaspoonfuls of butter; stir speedily and put between the layers. A delicious cake. Mrs. J. Adem, CAKES, 237 MARSHMALLOW CAKE. Cream together one tablespoonful of butter and one-half cupful of sugar, add the yolk of one e^gg, then one cupful of milk; fold in the beaten white of one e:gg and lastly stir in gradually two cupfuls of flour which has been sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Bake in three lay- ers. Take one-fourth of a pound of marshmallows; divide in three parts; when the cakes come from the oven place one-third of the marshmallows on each layer; put each layer in the oven until the marshmallows run together; now place one layer above the other and serve while hot. O. T. F. COCOANUT CREAM CAKE. (Excellent with rich cream.) Take one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one teacupful of rich, sour cream, two eggs (well beaten), any kind of flavoring and lastly add one teaspoonful of soda sifted in two cupfuls of floun Beat all well, bake in layers in moderately hot oven. Filling. — Take the heavy, sweet cream from one pan of milk and beat until stiff; add a little sugar and beat again; spread between the layers and on top. Over the sweetened cream sprinkle fresh grated cocoanut. To be eaten while fresh. Mrs. L. A. Hall. ICE CREAM CAKE. The yolk of one Qgg and the whites of three, one cupful of sugar, one and three-fourths cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of sweet milk, one-half cupful of butter, one-half teaspoonful of soda and one teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Bake in loaf. Icing. — Beat the yolks of two eggs, to which add eight tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and flavor to taste. Mae Brown. MICHIGAN FRUIT CAKE (LAYER). One scant cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, three cupfuls of flour (measured before sifting), two teaspoonfuls of Price's baking-powder, rounded up, but not heaping, one cupful of sweet milk or milk and water, the whites of six eggs, three teaspoonfuls of lemon extract

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