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White Mountain Cake

From Superior cook book, 1905

Serves 5

Recipe by Mrs. Covn.

Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition per serving

777Calories
15 gProtein
164 gCarbs
26 gFat
Full nutrition (34 nutrients)
Calories777 kcal
Protein15 g
Carbohydrates164 g
Fiber0 g
Sugars93 g
Total Fat26 g
Saturated Fat2.9 g
Monounsaturated Fat2.7 g
Polyunsaturated Fat0.9 g
Omega-30 g
Cholesterol277 mg
Sodium127 mg
Potassium225 mg
Calcium160 mg
Iron5.8 mg
Magnesium32 mg
Phosphorus250 mg
Zinc1.4 mg
Copper0.2 mg
Manganese0.7 mg
Vitamin D1.6 mcg
Vitamin C0 mg
Vitamin A93 mcg
Vitamin E0.6 mg
Vitamin K0.1 mcg
Vitamin B60.2 mg
Vitamin B120.7 mcg
Thiamin (B1)0.9 mg
Riboflavin (B2)0.6 mg
Niacin (B3)6.2 mg
Folate175 mcg
Choline176 mg
Caffeine0 mg
Water66 g

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 93. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cup butter. 1 cup sweet milk, 1 cup cornstarch, whites of S eggs, W teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon almond extract. Mix butter and sugar to a cream, then add the milk. Mix flour, cornstarch and baking poAvder and add by degrees the wdiites of tlie eggs, beaten very stiff', and lastly the flavoring. Bake in a Jewel Range. Mrs. T. A. Felch. White Cake. One and three-quarters of a cu]» of sugar, 1 cup of butter. 1 cup of cold water, \anilla, wdiites of 8 eggs, 'IV^ t'U])s of Dousman's J'est Patent flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in a Jewel ]»ange. Mrs. Harris. White Cake. • Two cups sugar. % cup butter, 1 cup millc. ;] cups Dousman's Best Patent flour, SUPERIOR COOK lK)OK 127 '2 licapiiii;' loii.'^pdoiis hakini;' pDwdcr, xaiiilla. whites of S c.ii'.^is Uoatcn (o a I'rdth (stiJP. Civaiii butter and supu- xcrv liui't, add milk. Ilicn licat in the Hour and whites of eaa's. alternately, until all of eaiis and Hour are u.-^ed. IJeatin^ llns cake well makes it mueli liner. .Makes I layers or 'i hars. Mljs. Axwr^Ll,. Gold Cake to go with it. One eup butter. "2 eu[)s siiuar. 1 cuii milk. ;! leaspoons baking;- powder, o cups Uousman's Best Patent, flour, yolks of S cnj^s and "i whole e,i:',ii's. Whites beaten and ])nt in last. T.omon extract, liake in a .lewel IJanuf. Mi;s. A'i"\vi:r.i.. White Layer Cake. One eup uranulatt'd su<;'ar. ',•_. cup bullei' (cream buller and su,uai'). ' ^. eup uulk. \U cuj) cornstarch. l\/-> cups Dousman's Best Patent Hour, 'i teaspoons baking;; powder, whites of '.] ei:'^'s beaten stilT. pinch of salt. I-Jake in a -lewel Han.iie. Mi;s. .1. S. Olson. White Layer Cake. One and one-half cups of sui^ar. [■_, vu\) of butlt'r. -j.^ cup of nnlk. whites of 4 eggs, 2 cups of sifted Dousman's Pest Patent flour (sift 4 times). 1 teas])oonrul of soda in floui' also. 1'^. teaspoonfuls ci"e,im of tartar. Make in a .lewel lianuv. Mi;s. T. ,). Fly NX. Rich White Layer Cake. Cream \'U cup of butter and beat o minutes, add IVl' eu[)s of powdi'ivd sugar and beat o minutes longer. Sift "^ cu]is of Dousman's P)est Patent flour and y^ cup of cornstarch with 4 \r\v\ teaspoons of l)aking powder. .\dd th.e Ihuir and corji- starcli to the first mi.xture altcriuUely with i, :_> cup n\' cold watt'r. .\(\i\ last the stilflv beaten whites of 4 eggs and a teaspoon of lemon flavoring. Pake in a .lew(4 Pange in ."5 layers and put any kind of white icing or lllling between. White Cake with Soft Filling. One cup of butter. "? cups of sugai'. whitts of (i eggs, 1 cup (d' sweet milk, o'- cups of cake flour and 3 heaping teaspoonfuls of leaking powder, thnoring to suit. This makes 4 thick layers. l>ake in a Jewel Pange. PiLi.iNo. — One egg, a cup of sugar. '.] grated apples and 1 lemon. Stir until it boils and beconu's thick, let it cool befon' |)Utting betwet'n layers. Ice lop (d' cake with white icing. ]\[i{s. Li-: Hoy Christlvn. World's Fair White Cake. Two cups sugar, i/^ ^'^'P buttt-r, 1 cup sweet uulk or water. ;^ cups Dousman's Best Patent flour, 3 teaspoons baking pow'der, whites of 8 eggs, beaten stiff. Makes 1 large cake or two small cakes. Bake in a Jewel Pange. Allegultti FiLLixcj. — Two tablespoons of thick sweet cream. 1 teaspoon of vanilla, confectioners' sugar enough to make thi(4\. Spread on cake. \Mien dry melt 2 squares of Baker's chocolate and spread a thin layer on to]) of white frosting with a spatula. Floi!i:n(m: Osbounk. White Mountain Cake. 3Ii-\ thoroughly until light, V2 i'^- "^^^ butter. 1 11). of sugar. 1 lb. of Dousman's Best Patent flour, 1 large teaspoonful of baking powder dissolved in 1/2 pt. of milk. Add to the butter and sugar the yolks of (1 eggs, beaten, ^fix \xeU. then add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth
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