White Cake—I

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

1 cup butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
3 cups powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
1 cup milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
5 cups sifted flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1 tea-spoon carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
2 tea-spoons cream of tartar ↝ Leavening agents, cream of tartar [Baked Products]
Whites of twelve eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 tea-spoon vanilla ↝ Vanilla extract [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (8)

Beat the butter to a cream.
Add the sugar. Beat well.
Add the soda to the milk and the cream of tartar to the flour.
Add flour and milk to the mixture, beating hard all the time.
Beat the eggs to a stiff froth.
Add them and the vanilla.
Bake in two tins lined with greased paper.
The oven should be slow at first, then moderate.

Original Text

*White Cake—I

1 cup butter 3 cups powdered sugar 1 cup milk 5 cups sifted flour 1 tea-spoon carbonate of soda 2 tea-spoons cream of tartar Whites of twelve eggs 1 tea-spoon vanilla

Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sugar. Beat well. Add the soda to the milk and the[Pg 25] cream of tartar to the flour. Add flour and milk to the mixture, beating hard all the time. Beat the eggs to a stiff froth. Add them and the vanilla. Bake in two tins lined with greased paper. The oven should be slow at first, then moderate.

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