White Cake

Ingredients

• One-half eup of huttcr
• IVl' eups of granulated sugar sifted 5 times
• 1 teas])oonful of vanilla
• 2 teaspoonfuls haking powder (heaping)
• Vii eups of pastry Houi- sifted 5 times
• 1 eup of cold water
• little salt
• whites of 5 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar, add the water, then stir in about 2 cups of flour, then vanilla and then the whites of the eggs beaten stiff.

2. 2

   Before adding the last half cup of flour and baking powder, beat the cake for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Bake in a Jewel Range, either in layers or loaf cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 93. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Cake. (^ne-half eup of huttcr (eream this hrst). IVl' eups of granulated sugar sifted 5 times, 1 teas])oonful of vanilla. 'I teaspoonfuls haking powder (heaping), -Vii eups of pastry Houi- sifted -") times, 1 eup of cold water, little salt, whites of 5 eggs

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