Queen’s Cake

Ingredients

• one cupful of butter
• three cupsful of white sugar
• the yolks of six eggs
• one cupful of milk
• two teaspoonfuls of vanilla or lemon extract
• four cupfuls of flour
• two heaping teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar
• one even teaspoonful of soda
• one tablespoonful of warm water

Method

1. 1

   Beat well together butter and sugar; add yolks of eggs and milk, then mix thoroughly.

2. 2

   Sift flour with cream of tartar and add to the mixture while stirring.

3. 3

   Dissolve soda in warm water and mix in.

4. 4

   Finally, gently fold in the beaten egg whites.

5. 5

   Bake slowly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Central cook book (1924) by N.C.). Circle Number Three Central Methodist Church (Raleigh, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Queen’s Cake Beat well together one cupful of butter and three cupsful of white sugar; add the yolks of six eggs and one cupful of milk, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla or lemon extract. Mix all thor- oughly. To four cupfuls of flour add two heaping teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, and sift gently over the cake, stirring all the time. T'o this add one even teaspoonful of soda dissolved in one tablespoonful of warm water

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