White Cocoanut Cake with Yellow Filling

Ingredients

• The whites of 4 eggs beaten to a stiff froth
• 1 cupful of sugar
• 1 cupful of sweet milk
• 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• flour enough to make a moderately stiff dough

Method

1. 1

   Bake in layers.

2. 2

   For filling, take 1 cupful of sugar and 1 tablespoon of water; let dissolve and then boil till it threads.

3. 3

   Add the yolks of 4 eggs, well beaten, and the juice of 2 oranges.

4. 4

   Spread between the layers, sprinkle coconut on top.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Cocoanut Cake with Yellow Filling'. The whites of 4 eggs beaten to a stiff froth, 1% cupful of sugar ; 1 cupful of sweet milk ; 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder- and flour enough to make a moderately stiff dough. Bake in layers. FILLING : Take % cupful of sugar and i table- spoon of water ; let dissolve and then boil till its threads. Add the yolks of 4 eggs, well beaten, and the juice of 2 oranges. Spread between the layers, sprinkle cocoa- nut on top. (y4 of a lemon may be used instead of the oranges.) MRS. EDNA ALSTON. White Layer Cake. Whites of 6 eggs; 2 cups of sugar; % cup of butter; 1 cup of sweet milk; 3 cups of flour; 2 tea- spoonfuls of baking powder. Cream sugar and butter, then add flour sifted twice with baking powder; add milk and when mixed, add the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Beat thoroughly and bake in four layers. FILLING: % CUP milk; 2 cups sugar; the whites of 2 eggs; % cup pecans; raisins and currants. Boil milk and sugar till it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water. Have ready the wrhites of eggs beaten stiff and pour syrup over them, beating well till cool. Then add pecans, raisins and currants and spread between layers. MISS ALVINA COLD. — 122 — Wedding Cake. (Braut-Torte.) 1 cup butter; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1 cup sugar; 6 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking powder; vanilla flavor; 2^4 cups flour; 2 to 3 spoons water. Cream butter and sugar, add yolks of eggs, water, pecans, finally whites of eggs and flour in which baking powder has been sifted alternately. Bake in hot oven, in four layers. FILLING: 14 R) butter; % lb sugar; 4 yolks of eggs; juice of 4 lemons. Beat over fire constantly. Ice cake with cooked icing. MRS. FRITZ KNUST. MRS. O. W. STRIEGLER. Cracker Cake. 4 eggs; 2 cups of sugar; y2 cup butter; 1 cup of milk; ! cup of soda crackers; 1 cup of pecans; 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoonful of extract; iy2 teaspoonful of baking powder. ICING: 1 cup hot water; 1 cup sugar; yolk of 1 egg; 1 lemon; 1 tablespoonful cornstarch; 1 teaspoon- ful butter. MRS. ALFRED HENKE. Cocoanut Layer Cake. 3 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tea- spoons baking powder; 1 cup sweet milk; 2 cups sugar. WHITE FILLING: 2 cups sugar; % cup sweet milk. Cook 5 minutes, then add 1 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon flavoring. Take from oven and beat till creamy. Spread on cake quickly before it hardens. MRS. EMIL KOLMEIER. — 123 — Illinois Cake. 5 eggs; 2 cupfuls of sugar; 1 cupful of butter; 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 3 cupfuls of flour, and 1 cupful of sweet milk. Flavor with, vanilla. FILLING: 1 cupful of sugar

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