Snow Ball Cake
From Temperance cook book, 1887
Serves 10
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 103. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
SNOW BALL CAKE. One cupful of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, whites of three eggs, two teaspoon- fuls of Equity baking-powder. Flavor with lemon. Bake in one loaf; when done frost. FEATHER CAKE. (No. 1.) Four eggs, two cups of sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, melted butter size of an egg, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar. Flavor with lemon or nutmeg, FEATHER CAKE. (No. 2.) One cupful of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup milk, two cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder
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