ROCKY MOUNTAIN CAKE

Ingredients

• Whites of 8 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup sweet milk
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Bake in layers.

2. 2

   For filling, boil sugar and water until it makes a jelly.

3. 3

   Pour over beaten egg whites and beat until nearly cold.

4. 4

   Stir in fruits and nuts.

5. 5

   Leave some for decoration.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CAKE Whites of 8 eggs 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar % CUP sweet milk 1 cup butter 1 teaspoon cream of tartar J/2 teaspoon soda dissolved in milk Bake in layers. — Filling — Boil 2 cups of sugar and V2 cup of water until it makes a jelly. Pour this over 3 beaten whites of eggs and beat until nearly cold. Stir into icing 5c worth of citron, currants and dates, 10c worth raisins and 1 grated cocoanut. Fruit that requires seeding must be seeded and cut very fine. A small quantity of citron, cocoanut and raisins to- gether with 10c worth of almonds must be left out of icing to put on the outside of cake. Mrs. T. E. Conrad GOLDEN GLOW CAKE Sift together 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and V2 teaspoon salt. Cream V2 cup shortening with 1 cup sugar. Add 2 eggs, one at a time. Beat well. Add % cup milk and 1 teaspoon va- nilla. Add dry ingredients with liquid. Mix well. Bake in 8 inch layers. Mrs. E. P. Hughes 31 GOLD CAKE x/i cup shortening 3 cups flour \\-i cup sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 6 egu yelks y2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream shortening, add sugar and mix thoroughly until irothy; Add beaten egg yolks and vanilla. Beat well. Add sifted flour and baking powder, salt, alternating with the milk. Bake in moderate oven 40 to 60 minutes. Mrs. E. R. Blackmon 1 cup apple sauce 1 teaspoon soda (for sour ap pies) 1 egg 1 cup brown sugar APPLE SAUCE CAKE V2 cup butter 14/4 cup flour 1 cup raisins 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves Mix as any other fruit cake, adding apple sauce last, in- stead of milk. Makes 2 layers. Mrs. G. L. Burkt APPLE SAUCE CAKE NO. 2 V2 cup butter 1 cup sugar I cup stewed apples 1 cup raisins 1 lemon juice and rind 2 cups flour Bake in tube pan at 350 F. until done 1 egg 1 teaspoon soda (in apples) 1 cup nuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves Mrs. W. M. Eagle MINCEMEAT 1 lb. bulk mincemeat 2 egg whites beaten and added 1 cup nuts (black walnut) last 1 cup raisins 1 cup melted butter or shorten- 2 egg yolks ing 1 teaspoon baking soda dissolv- 1 cup sugar ed in 1 tablespoon hot water 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour Bake 1% hours. Mrs. L. M. Sharpe CREAM CAKE V2 cup sweet milk

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