Layer Cake—IV

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

6 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
2 cups flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
2 cups sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
2 heaped table-spoons butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/3 cup milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
2 tea-spoons cream of tartar ↝ Leavening agents, cream of tartar [Baked Products]
1 scant tea-spoon carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
a tea-spoon of boiling water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]

Instructions (9)

Beat the yolks and whites separately.
Add the sugar to the yolks.
Beat thoroughly.
Add the butter, which should be softened but not melted.
Dissolve the soda in a tea-spoon of boiling water.
Add it to the milk.
Sift the cream of tartar with the flour.
Add the flour and milk to the mixture and then the whites.
Bake in a moderate oven in shallow round tins.

Original Text

Layer Cake—IV

6 eggs 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 2 heaped table-spoons butter ¹⁄₃ cup milk 2 tea-spoons cream of tartar 1 scant tea-spoon carbonate of soda

Beat the yolks and whites separately. Add the sugar to the yolks. Beat thoroughly. Add the butter, which should be softened but not[Pg 31] melted. Dissolve the soda in a tea-spoon of boiling water. Add it to the milk. Sift the cream of tartar with the flour. Add the flour and milk to the mixture and then the whites. Bake in a moderate oven in shallow round tins.

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