Plain Cake (Lightning Cake)

Name: Plain Cake (Lightning Cake)
Ingredients: one and one-half cups of flour; three-fourths cup of fine granulated sugar; two level teaspoons of baking powder; one-half teaspoon of salt; one-fourth cup of butter; two eggs; fill up the cup with milk; one-half teaspoon flavoring extract

From Principles of cookery, 1910

Variations include adding cocoa or chocolate, or using syrup instead of sugar.

Presented as published in 1910. 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 Principles of cookery (1910) by Anna Barrows, page 88. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

lain Cake ("Lightning" Cake). Place the flour sifter in the mixing bowl and put in it one and one-half cups of flour, three-fourths cup of fine granulated sugar, two level teaspoons of baking powder, one-half teaspoon of salt. Sift into the bowl. In the measuring cup, melt one-fourth cup of butter (or oleo), break in two eggs," fill up the cup with milk. Add one-half teaspoon flavoring extract

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