Cocoanut Cake

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 (7)

1 cup butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
2 cups sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
3 cups flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
4 whites of eggs ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
1 small cup milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
1 tea-spoon baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/2 small cocoanut grated

Instructions (7)

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream.
Sift the flour with the baking powder.
Add it to the mixture gradually moistening it with the milk.
When thoroughly mixed add the grated cocoanut.
Beat for ten minutes.
Stir in the whites beaten to a stiff froth very lightly.
Bake immediately in a buttered tin in a moderate oven.

Original Text

Cocoanut Cake

1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 4 whites of eggs 1 small cup milk 1 tea-spoon baking powder ¹⁄₂ small cocoanut grated

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. Sift the flour with the baking powder. Add it to the mixture gradually moistening it with the milk.[Pg 18] When thoroughly mixed add the grated cocoanut. Beat for ten minutes. Stir in the whites beaten to a stiff froth very lightly. Bake immediately in a buttered tin in a moderate oven.

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