Sunshine Cake - Mrs. Wm. M. Harris

Ingredients

• Whites of 7 eggs
• yolks of 5 eggs
• 1.5 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 (good) teaspoon cream tartar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Sift both flour and sugar three times, measure out necessary amount, and set aside.

2. 2

   Beat yolks very hard and add sugar stirring with a spoon until like creamed butter.

3. 3

   Add pinch of salt to whites of eggs before beating, and when beaten to a foam add cream tartar, and continue beating until very stiff.

4. 4

   Add two together, also mix in flour quickly and lightly.

5. 5

   Bake in a slow oven 30 to 40 minutes.

6. 6

   Use tube pan without buttering it.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from San Rafael cook book, 1906 (1906) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 68. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SUNSHINE CAKE— Mrs. Wm. M. Harris. Whites of 7 eggs, yolks of 5 eggs, 1% cups granulated sugar, 1 cup flour, % (good) teaspoon cream tartar, 1 teaspoon vanilla

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.