Mrs. Carlisle's Cake

Name: Mrs. Carlisle's Cake
Ingredients: three-fourths pound of butter; one pound of sugar; nine eggs beaten separately; one pound of flour; two tablespoonfuls of baking powder

From Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them, 1890

Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them (1890) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MRS. CARLISLE'S CAKE. BY MBS. JOHN G. CARLISLE. (Wife of Representative from Kentucky, and ex-Speaker.) 5>HKEE-FOUBTHS pound of butter washed and creamed ; add one pound of sugar, nine eggs beaten separately; add the yellows to butter and sugar, then one pound of flour and whites well frothed, added alternately; beat well and add two tablespoonfuls of baking powder

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