Snow Cake

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903
Source
The cake and biscuit book
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (8)
  1. Beat the butter to a cream.
  2. Stir in the sugar and beat well again.
  3. Add the arrowroot, beating all the time vigorously.
  4. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth.
  5. Add them to the mixture.
  6. Beat all together for twenty minutes.
  7. Add a little vanilla or the juice or rind of a lemon.
  8. Bake in a buttered mould in a moderate oven for from one hour to one hour and a half.
Original Text
*Snow Cake 1 lb. arrowroot ¹⁄₂ lb. powdered sugar ¹⁄₂ lb. butter Whites of six eggs Vanilla or lemon flavouring Beat the butter to a cream. Stir in the sugar and beat well again. Add the arrowroot, beating all the time vigorously. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth. Add them to the mixture. Beat all together for twenty minutes. Add a little vanilla or the juice or rind of a lemon. Bake in a buttered mould in a moderate oven for from one hour to one hour and a half.
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