Rich Cup Cake

Ingredients

• one cupful of butter
• two of sugar
• four scant cupfuls of flour
• half a cupful of milk
• six eggs
• two table-spoonfuls of lemon juice
• half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract
• one-fourth of a teaspoonful of extract of almond
• half a teaspoonful of soda
• one teaspoonful of cream-of-tartar

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream.

2. 2

   Gradually beat in the sugar.

3. 3

   Add the flavors and the yolks of the eggs, well beaten.

4. 4

   Beat in the milk.

5. 5

   Add the flour, mixed with the soda and cream-of-tartar.

6. 6

   Finally, add the whites of the eggs, well beaten.

7. 7

   Bake in two loaves in a moderate oven for one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 394. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rich Cup Cake. The materials needed are : one cupful of butter, two of sugar, four scant cupfuls of flour, half a cupful of milk, six eggs, two table-spoonfuls of lemon juice, half a tea- spoonful of vanilla extract, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of extract of almond, half a teaspoonful of soda, and one teaspoouful of cream-of-tartar

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