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World's Fair White Cake

From Superior cook book, 1905

Serves 8

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

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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.

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
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