Raspberry Layer Cake a la Upsala

Ingredients

• One cup powdered sugar
• five eggs
• four tablespoons cold water
• two tablespoons brandy
• one cup flour
• one teaspoon Royal baking powder
• three tablespoons cornstarch
• a pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Add sugar slowly to the yolks.

2. 2

   Beat to a souffle, add cold water and brandy.

3. 3

   Sift flour, baking powder, and cornstarch.

4. 4

   Add the yolks and sugar.

5. 5

   Last add the whites of the eggs — well beaten.

6. 6

   Bake slowly in a buttered and papered pan in the oven about thirty minutes, cut in four layers, and fill.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 595. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Raspberry Layer Cake a la Upsala Gateau aux Framboises, en couches, a la Upsala One cup powdered sugar, five eggs, four tablespoons cold water, two tablespoons brandy, one cup flour, one teaspoon Royal bak¬ ing powder, three tablespoons cornstarch, a pinch of salt. How to Make It. Add sugar slowly to the yolks. Beat to a souffle, add cold water and brandy. Sift flour, baking powder, and cornstarch. Add the yolks and sugar. Last add the whites of the eggs — well beaten. Bake slowly in a buttered and papered pan in the oven about thirty minutes, cut in four layers, and fill. Filling. Put one cup sugar with four tablespoons water on stove and cook until it ropes. Beat up whites of three eggs, add one cup of the boiled sugar, some raspberry jam, and, last, four tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine; color with a little raspberry fruit coloring if it is not pink enough. Fill the cake, frost with a pink boiled frosting. Cocoanut Spice Cake a la Walde GUteau aux Epices et au Coco, a la Walde Three-quarters cup butter, one cup brown sugar, two cups flour, two teaspoons Royal baking powder, three eggs, half cup milk, AMERICAN COOK BOOK 409 two tablespoons brandy, half teaspoon each of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and all-spice. How to Make It. Rub the butter and sugar to a cream, add the yolks (beat for ten minutes), then the milk, flour, brandy, baking powder, all the spices, and, last, the whites of the eggs — beaten stiff". Butter and paper cake tins; fill with the mixture — making four layers — and bake. Filling. One and a half cups milk, five tablespoons sugar, two tablespoons cornstarch, whites of three eggs, one teaspoon vanilla. How to Make the Filling. Put the milk on stove with the sugar, dissolve the cornstarch in a half cup milk, thicken the milk, add vanilla. Beat the whites up stiff, add them, cook a few minutes. Fill the cake; sprinkle with cocoanut in between each layer. Frost with a boiled frosting; sprinkle with cocoanut around. Maple Sugar Layer Cake a la Sofia Gateau au Sucre d'Erable, en couches, ^ la Sofia Three eggs, four tablespoons sugar, five tablespoons flour, one tablespoon brandy, one teaspoon Royal baking powder

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