Plain Cake

Ingredients

• Vi cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 11/2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the beaten yolks and beat all well; then add the milk alternately with the sifted flour and baking powder; last of all add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth, and the flavoring.

2. 2

   Bake in one pan or in small gem pans.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 113. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAIN CAKE Vi cup butter 1/2 cup milk 1 cup sugar 11/2 cups flour 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

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