White Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cupful of butter
• 2 cupfuls of sugar
• 3% cupfuls of flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• whites of seven eggs
• 1 cupful of milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar, add the flour sifted with the baking powder, and the whites of eggs.

2. 2

   Bake one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Cake. 1 cupful of butter; 2 cupfuls of sugar; 3% cup- fuls of flour; 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; whites of seven eggs; 1 cupful of milk. — 138 — Cream the butter and sugar, add the flour sifted with the baking powder, whites of eggs. Bake one hour. MRS. E. VANDER STUCKEN. White Cake. % cup butter ; 1 cup milk ; 4 egg-whites ; 3 cups flour; 1^4 cups sugar; 3 level teaspoons baking powder; 1 level teaspoon salt. Cream butter and sugar, add milk, then flour, baking powder and salt, which should be sifted tho- roughly. Add whites of the eggs last, stirring gently. Use any flavoring to suit taste. MRS. AUGUSTA FRANZ. Sunshine Cake. (Prize Cake.) Whites of 7 eggs; yolks of 5 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup flour; pinch of salt; % teaspoon cream of tartar. Beat the whites of the eggs to which has been added the pinch of salt. When about half done, add cream of tartar and beat until very stiff. Add sugar, the beaten yolks, and lightly fold in the flour. Bake in ungreased mold from 20 to 40 minutes. Invert into cups and let stand until cold. MRS. ADOLPH WEBER. Spice Cake (Without Eggs.) 1 cup sugar; y2 cup butter or lard; 1 teaspoon cin- namon; y<z teaspoon allspice; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 2 tablespoons chocolate or cocoa; % CUP pecans; 1 cup raisins; 1 cup sour milk; 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 2 tablsspoons sour milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2% cups flour. MRS. ALFRED GROBE. 139 — Spice Cake. 1 cup of molasses ; % cup butter ; 1 cup of sugar ; 2 eggs; 2 teaspooufuls of vinegar; 2 teaspoonfuls of soda; 14 teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice and cin- namon ; i/o CUP °i strong coffee ; flour to make a stiff dough. Mix all except molasses. Heat molasses and mix in spices, when cool mix all together and bake in quick oven. MRS. H. CORDES. Spice Cake. (Layer of Loaf Cake.) 1% cups sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 teaspoonful of all- spice ; 1 cup raisins ; 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon ; 1 cup sour milk; 1 teaspoonful of nutmeg; 3 cupfuls of flour

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