Sea Foam Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2|3 cups butter
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1% cups flour
• Y2 teaspoon soda (dissolved in milk)
• iy2 cups brown sugar
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 cup water

Method

1. 1

   Mix as usual, and ice with the following: Cook sugar and water until a little dropped in cold water forms a hard ball.

2. 2

   Have egg white beaten and pour syrup over egg whites slowly, beating constantly until creamy, then spread on cake layers.

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 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SEA FOAM CAKE 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon 3 eggs 1 teaspoon cloves 2|3 cups butter 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup buttermilk 1% cups flour Y2 teaspoon soda (dissolved in milk) Mix as usual, and ice with following: iy2 cups brown sugar 1 egg white

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