One Egg Cake
From The National home cook book, 1900
Can be varied by baking in two layers or adding spices or nuts.
Presented as published in 1900. 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 The National home cook book (1900), page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
One-half cup butter, three-fourths cup ~ ijranulated sugar, 1% cups flour, one-half cup milk, one egg, 4.44 teaspoons baking powder; flaver with vanilla; sprinkle over ake chopped English walnuts; dust with powdered sugar. Bake in moderate oven 25 minutes. ao NUT CHOCOLATE CAKE—One-cup of sugar, one-half. eu (cup of butter, one cup sour milk into which put one ere Kteaspoon soda, one- -fourth cake melted chocoseies one ess. By Ne a 39. wore \- tae | two cups flour, one Aa Ee tensppon bakins4 powders _ delicious frosting: One coffeecup granulated sugar, z _ fourth cake chocolate, water enough to dissolve sugar, boil — until it hairs; add white of egg well beaten and beat with egg beater until fairly thick. Add one-half pound English Ry sugar, Putting: in half the milk, then half the flour, then the: id est of the flour with one cup of chopped walnut meats, | 54 ave a splendid nut-loaf cake. ey One cup of granulated sugar, five tablespoons of ‘milk, let boil three minutes. Take from the fire and beat until creamy, add flavoring. ‘This makes a fine icing for cake. I sometimes add chocolate, cocoanut or chopped raisins. Lae NEW IDEA JUMBLES—Two tablespoons shortening, two tablespoons molasses, one cup sugar, one egg, two-thirds tip strained cooked tomatoes, two cups entire wheat flour, one- — third. cup white flour, one-half teaspoon soda, spice to. tast Bake in gem pans, sprinkle granulated sugar on top. Nice if fruit is added. ONH-EGG CAKE—One cup white sugar (scant) an one-half cup butter stirred to a cream. Add one beate egg, three-fourths tup milk, two even cups sifted flour, which sift a second time with three teaspoons baking pow- de
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