Plain Cake

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp. butter
• 1 c. fine granulated or powdered sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3/2 c. milk
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. spice or 1/2 tsp. flavoring
• 1 spk. salt

Method

1. 1

   Prepare oven; prepare tins; prepare utensils; prepare ingredients; cream butter; add sugar gradually; separate eggs; beat yolks creamy; beat whites stiff; sift flour, salt, baking powder.

2. 2

   Add a little of the dry materials to the creamed butter and sugar.

3. 3

   Mix milk and egg yolk.

4. 4

   Add half to creamed mixture.

5. 5

   Alternate with dry material until all is added.

6. 6

   Fold in stiff whites and flavoring.

7. 7

   Bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A handbook of home economics (1912) by Etta Proctor Flagg, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Cake 4 tbsp. butter. 1 c. fine granulated or powdered sugar. 2 eggs. 3/2 c. milk. 2 tsp. baking powder. \y± c. flour. 1 tsp. spice or J/£ tsp. flavoring. 1 spk. salt

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