Snow Cake

Ingredients

• one pound potato flour
• one half pound butter
• one half pound powdered sugar
• two eggs
• one half teaspoonful essence of vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream, then add the sugar and beat for five minutes.

2. 2

   Beat the eggs until very light, then add the vanilla.

3. 3

   Combine the egg mixture with the butter and sugar, stirring well.

4. 4

   Quickly and lightly mix in the flour.

5. 5

   Line a Yorkshire pudding-tin with greased paper, pour in the mixture, and spread smoothly.

6. 6

   Bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour.

7. 7

   Allow to cool slightly before cutting into small square pieces.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SNOW CAKE — SODA CAKE. 215 add by degrees the flour. Dip a cake-tin in boiling water, dry it quickly, and line it with a sheet of greased paper. Just before pouring the mixture into the tin, add to it the caraway seeds. Place the tin in rather a quick oven for fifteen minutes, then place over the top a sheet of paper, change the tin to a cooler part of the oven, and allow the cake to bake slowly for an hour longer. Snow Cake. — One pound potato flour, one half pound butter, one half pound powdered sugar, two eggs, one half tea-spoonful essence of vanill

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