Spice Cake

Ingredients

• one cup of butter
• two cups of brown sugar
• yolks of four eggs
• one cup of milk
• two and one half cups of flour
• one teaspoon of cloves
• one teaspoon of nutmeg
• one teaspoon of cinnamon
• three teaspoons of baking powder
• the beaten whites of four eggs

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and brown sugar, add egg yolks and beat well.

2. 2

   Mix in milk and sifted dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Carefully fold in beaten egg whites and bake in layers.

4. 4

   Frost with chocolate frosting.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Principles of cooking (1914) by Emma Conley, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Spice Cake. — Cream one cup of butter; add two cups of brown sugar, and yolks of four eggs; beat well. Add one cup of milk and two and one half cups of flour, one tea- spoon of cloves, one teaspoon of nutmeg, one teaspoon of cinnamon, and three teaspoons of baking powder. When thoroughly mixed, carefully add the beaten whites of four eggs, and bake in layers. Put chocolate frosting between the layers and on top. Chocolate Frosting. — Melt two ounces of chocolate; add one cup of sugar, five tablespoons of milk, yolk of one egg, and mix thoroughly. Boil until it thickens, stirring constantly. Remove from fire, add one teaspoon of va- nilla, and stir until thick enough to spread. CEREALS ‘AND LEAVENING AGENTS 131 White Frosting. — Mix one cup of sugar and five table- spoons of cold water, and boil slowly without stirring. As soon as it begins to boil, add one eighth teaspoon cream of tartar to invert the sugar. Boil until it forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water or until it threads when dropped from a spoon. Beat an egg white until | stiff and dry. Gradually pour the sirup over it, stirring constantly so as not to cook the egg in flakes. Add WHITE FROSTED CAKE, DECORATED. one half teaspoon of vanilla, and stir until thick enough to spread. Orange Cake. — Cream five tablespoons of butter; add one cup of sugar, grated rind of one orange, three eggs, one half cup of milk, one and three fourths cups of flour, three teaspoons of baking powder, one fourth teaspoon of salt. Mix as in plain cake. Frost with White Frosting. 132 CEREALS AND LEAVENING AGENTS The cake may be baked in layers and then cut into squares or diamond shapes and frosted all over. Nut Cake. — Cream six tablespoons of butter; add one cup of sugar, three eggs, one half cup of milk, one and three fourths cups of flour, two and one half teaspoons of baking powder, one fourth teaspoon of salt, one half teaspoon of vanilla. Lastly add three fourths cup of chopped nut ‘meats. Mix as for Plain Cake. Spanish Buns.— Cream one half cup of butter; add one and one half cups of sugar, three eggs, one cup of sour milk, two and one half cups of flour, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves

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