White Mountain Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 7 eggs
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup corn starch
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking-powder

Method

1. 1

   Bake in layers, three or four, with this filling: Pour one-half a pint of boiling water over four cups of sugar (powdered) and boil till a spoonful on a cold saucer will stir to a cream.

2. 2

   Pour the boiled sugar gradually (beating all the time) into the whites of four well-beaten eggs.

3. 3

   Stir until the whole is cold and creamy.

4. 4

   Spread between and on top of layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 77. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cup corn starch 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking-powder 2 teaspoons lemon extract Bake in three layers with boiled frosting between. Two cups sugar, one-half a cup of water boiling hot; boil until it candies; do not stir it. Cool a little and try it between the thumb and finger; if it threads it is done. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth; pour over them slowly (beating) the candied sugar and beat until cold. Mrs, Sarah B. Smith. The above recipe is a nice delicate cake baked in one loaf. DelicatbuCake. 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 6 ounces butter 14 eggs, the whites I lemon juice and rind. Almond Cake. 2 cups sugar % cup butter 8 eggS) the whites i cup milk I or 2 teaspoons orange % pound almonds mashed flower water 4 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking-powder This must be carefully put together and it is very nice. To Blanch Almonds. Shell them, throw them into boiling water, place on back of stove about six minutes; then put them into cold water and remove the skins by rubbing with the hands. Mash in an earthen mortar. The Queen Cook Book aoi White Mountain Cake. 2 cups sugar 7 eggs T^ cup butter i cup corn starch 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking-powder Bake in layers, three or four, with this filling: Pour one-half a pint of boiling water over four cups of sugar (powdered) and boil till a spoonful on a cold saucer will stir to a cream. Pour the boiled sugar gradually (beating all the time) into the whites of four well-beaten eggs. Stir until the whole is cold and creamy. Spread between and on top of layers. CocoANUT Cake. 1 cup sugar % cup milk >4 cup butter

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