White Cake with Fondant Icing

Ingredients

• One-half cup butter
• one cup sugar
• two-thirds cup of sweet milk
• two cups finely sifted flour
• one heaping teaspoon baking powder
• the whites of three eggs
• one cup granulated sugar
• one-half cup boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add milk and flour with baking powder.

2. 2

   Fold in beaten egg whites.

3. 3

   For icing, boil sugar and water until it forms a soft ball, then cool and beat until white.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 88. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WHITE CAKE, with Fondant Ic- ing. Mrs. Wm. J. Magee, 122 N. Johnston St., Los Angeles— One-half cup butter, one cup sugar, beaten to a cream, tw'o-thirds cup of sweet milk, two cups finely sifted flour, one heaping teaspoon baking powder. Add tne whites of three eggs, beaten stiff, flavor with almond, ice with FONDANT ICING: One cup granulated sugar, one-half cup boiling water

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