White Lady Cake

Ingredients

• 12 eggs
• 2 1/2 teacups sugar
• 1 teacup of butter
• 3 1/2 teacups of flour
• 1 cup of cream
• 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar together until very light; add the whites of eggs beaten stiff, then the flour, and then the baking powder stirred in the cream.

2. 2

   Bake in a solid cake in a moderate oven for very nearly one hour.

3. 3

   Any desired flavoring may be used.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The blue ribbon cook book (1904) by Jennie C. Benedict, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WHITE LADY CAKE. 12 eggs. 2} teacups sugar. 1 teacup of butter. 3J teacups of flour. 1 cup of cream. 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder

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