Snow Flake Cake

Ingredients

• Half a cupful of butter
• one and a half of sugar
• two of pastry flour
• one-fourth of a cupful of milk
• the whites of five eggs
• one teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• half a teaspoonful of soda
• a teaspoonful and a half of baking powder
• the juice of half a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream.

2. 2

   Gradually add the sugar, then the lemon, and when very light, the milk, and whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth; then the flour, in which the soda and cream of tartar are well mixed.

3. 3

   Bake in sheets in a moderate oven.

4. 4

   When nearly cool, frost.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 159. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Snow Flake Cake. Half a cupful of butter, one and a half of sugar, two of pastry flour, one-fourth of a cupful of milk, the whites of five eggs, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda, or a teaspoonful and a half ol baking powder, the juice 322 MISS PAKLOA'S NEW COOK BOOK. of half a lemon. Beat the butter to a cream. Gradually add the sugar, then the lemon, and when very light, the milk, and whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth ; then the flour, in which the soda and cream of tartar are well mixed. Bake in sheets in a moderate oven. When nearly cool, frost. Frosting : The whites of three eggs, two large cupfuls of powdered sugar, half a grated cocoanut, the juice of half a lemon

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