Oriental Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup corn-starch
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
• 3 whites of eggs

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar to cream, add milk and cornstarch, first stirring them together, then the flour and baking powder, and last the whites of eggs beaten light.

2. 2

   Divide the mixture in two, and into one put as much pink coloring as you like.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 281. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORIENTAL CAKE. WHITE AND PINK LAYERS. i cup butter. h cup corn=starch. 1 cup granulaied sugar. li cups flour. i cup milk. 1 heaping teaspoon baking 3 whites of eggs. powder. Beat butter and sugar to cream, add milk and corn=starch, first stirring them together, then the flour and baking powder, and last the whites of eggs beaten light. Divide the mixture in two, and into i put as much pink coloring as you like, the object being to form different colored layers. YELLOW AND BEOWN PAETS. i cup butter. 1 whole egg. 1 cup sugar. If cups flour. i cup sweet milk. li teaspoons baking powder. 4 yolks of eggs, beaten light. After mixing divide into 2 parts, and to 1 part add: 1 oz. grated chocolate, 1 tablespoon of water, 3 tea- spoons of sugar and i teaspoon of vanilla, which should be stirred until smooth over a hot fire. Bake all the layers in jelly=pans in" a moderate oven — it should bake in about 20 minutes. For filling use 1 cup powdered sugar, and whites of 2 eggs, beaten light. Use the brown cake for the bot- tom layer, spread over it a thin coating of the filling and cover with a layer of thin slices of figs placed close together; next the yellow cake with icing and sliced oranges free from seeds and rind; next, whites with icing and cocoanut; finish with the pink layer spread with a firm, white icing, decorated with almonds and candies. It is best eaten fresh. This makes a deli- cious cake. If desired, you can leave out all the filling except the icing. '^^ 370 LAYER CAKES POLONAISE CAKE. 1 cup butter (scant). 3 cups flour. 2 cups pulverized sugar. H teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup milk

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