Silver Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. butter
• 6 oz. castor sugar
• ½ lb. flour
• ½ lb. cornflour
• 5 whites of eggs
• 1 tea-sp. baking powder
• ½ tea-sp. essence of almonds

Method

1. 1

   Put the butter into a warm basin, and beat it to a cream.

2. 2

   Sieve the sugar on the top and beat again.

3. 3

   Sieve the flour and baking powder together, and mix them for a minute with the creamed butter and sugar.

4. 4

   Then beat the whites of eggs to a stiffish froth, and add them lightly at the last with the flavouring.

5. 5

   Half fill one large tin that has been prepared as for a sponge cake, and bake in a moderate oven until well risen and firm to the touch.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 939. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Silver Cake l lb. butter. 6 oz. castor sugar. J- lb. flour. J lb. cornflour. 5 whites of eggs. 1 tea-sp. baking powder. | tea-sp. essence of al- mond

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