Silver and Gold Layer Cake

Ingredients

• Sugar, 2 cups
• Baking powder, 3 heaping tea-spoons
• Butter, 2-3 cup
• Flour, 3 cups
• Milk, 2-3 cup
• Egg whites, 8
• Sugar, 1 cup
• Flour, 1% cups
• Butter, 34 cup
• Egg, 1
• Milk, 1/2 cup
• Egg yolks, 7
• Baking powder, iy2 teaspoons
• Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon
• Figs, 1 pound

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add milk, mix, and add baking powder sifted with flour.

2. 2

   Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.

3. 3

   Bake in 2 layer cake tins.

4. 4

   For the gold part, cream butter and sugar, add eggs well beaten, milk and flour sifted with baking powder and spice.

5. 5

   Put half of this mixture in a pan and lay on it the figs, chopped and floured.

6. 6

   Put on this the remaining dough and bake.

7. 7

   Put layers together while warm with boiled icing thickened with cocoanut, having the gold layer between the 2 silver ones.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mary Jane's cook book (1916) by Mary Jane, Sophie D. Coe, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SILVER AND GOLD LAYER CAKE. SILVER PART: Sugar, 2 cups. Baking powder, 3 heaping tea- spoons. Butter, 2-3 cup. Flour, 3 cups. Milk, 2-3 cup. Egg whites, 8. Cream butter and sugar, add milk, mix, and add baking powder sifted with flour. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in 2 layer cake tins. GOLD PART: Sugar, 1 cup. Flour, 1% cups. Butter, 34 cup. Egg, 1. Milk, 1/2 cup. Egg yolks, 7. Baking powder, iy2 teaspoons. Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Figs, 1 pound

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