Prince of Wales Cake
From The New century cook book, 1899
Serves 3
White Part: One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, one-half cup cornstarch, one cup flour, whites of three eggs, and baking powder. Use frosting as a filling. Mrs. B. E. Arntzen.
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This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoonful soda, one and one-half cups flour, one cup currants, two ounces citron cut fine, one cup blackberry jam, one teaspoonful allspice, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful nutmeg. E. A. Stearns. Ginger Cake. One cup New Orleans molasses, one cup sugar, one cup butter or drippings, one cup sour milk, three cups flour, three eggs, two teaspoons soda, two tablespoons ginger, one teaspoon each cinnamon and cloves, one-half nutmeg. Bake in layers, put together, sprinkled powder sugar. Mrs. Merriell, 12 182 New Century Cook Book. Cake Without Butter. One cup sugar, two eggs, one-half cup boiling water, one cup flour, two teaspoons baking powder, vanilla to taste. Mix sugar and eggs together, then add water and flour. Mrs. Russell. Molasses Layer Cake. One-half cup brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, one-hall cup sour milk, one tablespoon butter, yolks of two eggs, one- half teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, allspice, one teaspoon soda, flour. Frosting. — Whites of two eggs, one cup of brown sugar, one teaspoon ginger. Mrs. Ellen Green. Prince of Wales Cake. Dark Part. — One cup brown sugar, one cup butter, one- half cup sour milk, two cups flour, one cup chopped raisins, yolks of three eggs, two tablespoons molasses, all kinds of spices and one teaspoon soda
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