Prison Cake

Ingredients

• One cupful of butter
• two cupfuls of powdered sugar
• one cupful of sweet milk
• three cupfuls of flour
• whites of eight eggs
• three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix the butter and sugar until creamy.

2. 2

   Add the milk and flour mixed with baking powder.

3. 3

   Fold in the beaten egg whites.

4. 4

   Bake in layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 110. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PRISON CAKE. One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, one cup- ful of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, whites of eight eggs, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. DARK PART. — One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of dark brown 184 CAKE. sugar, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of sour milk, four cup- fuls of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, yolks of eight eggs, one pound of currants, one pound of raisins, all kinds of spices; bake in jelly-pans. When cold, put together with the following icing : The white of one egg, thoroughly beaten, the grated rind of two and the juice of three lemons, and powdered sugar enough to make a thick frosting; then put together, first dark, then light, with frosting between, on top and sides. CREAM SPONGE CAKE. Three eggs, beaten separately, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of flour, two tablespoonfuls of cold water, two teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Beat the sugar and yolks of the eggs till thick, add the water and flour, with the baking-powder; lastly, the whites of the eggs. Bake in layers, and make the cream as follows: One-half pint of sweet milk, one-half teacup of sugar, one tablespoonful of cornstarch; flavor to taste. When the milk comes to a boil, stir in the yolk and cornstarch, previously wet with a little cold milk; boil three minutes, take it off the fire, add the sugar and the beaten white; let it get cold before putting between the layers. Add one egg. ROLLED JELLY CAKE. If the directions for making this cake are carefully observed, there will be no such thing as a failure in making it. The eggs are not beaten separately, and the faster the cake is put together the better it will be. Take two coffeecupfuls of granulated sugar, two teacupfuls of sifted flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, pinch of salt; into this break six eggs, beat all well together, turn into tins, and bake in a quick oven to a light brown; when done, turn out on a moulding-board, and spread with jelly; roll carefully, and wrap each roll in a clean napkin. COCOANUT BALLS. Two cupfuls of sugar, three-fourths cup of butter, three-fourths cup of milk or water, whites of six eggs, two teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder; flavor with lemon, Bake in square pie- pans. When the cakes are done and cold, cut into square pieces. CAKE. 185 FROSTING. — Two cupfuls of sugar, eight tablespoonfuls of water; boil until it "ropes" from the end of the spoon, turn while hot upon the beaten whites of two eggs, beat well, and use it hot; dip the cake first into the icing then into grated cocoanut. ORANGE CAKE. Two cupfuls of sugar, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, two- thirds cupful of sweet milk, four eggs. Put three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder into the flour before adding it to the other ingredients. Beat the eggs and sugar as for sponge cake, then add the milk and flour, with a little salt. For frosting, whites of two eggs, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, to which add the juice and grated rind of two oranges, and put together. This is a very accommodating cake when butter is scarce; can be used for any kind of layer cake, or it is very nice baked in a loaf. ICE CREAM CAKE. ^ Make a good sponge cake, bake half an inch thick in jelly-pans, and let them get perfectly cold; take a pint of very thick, sweet cream, beat until it looks like ice cream, add one cupful of sugar and flavor with vanilla; blanch and chop a pound of almonds, stir into the cream, and put very thick between each layer. LITTLE GOLD CAKES. The yolks of eight eggs, three cupfuls of flour, two cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of sweet milk

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