Lady 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 (8)

1 cup butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
2 cups powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
3 cups flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/2 cup milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
Whites of 8 eggs ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
2 tea-spoons cream of tartar ↝ Leavening agents, cream of tartar [Baked Products]
1 tea-spoon carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
1 tea-spoon extract of almonds ↝ Vanilla extract [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (6)

Beat the butter to a cream.
Stir in the sugar gradually, beating hard all the time.
Mix the cream of tartar with the flour, and the soda with the milk.
Add flour and milk alternately in small quantities, beating continually.
Add the flavouring, and then stir in the stiffly-beaten whites lightly.
Bake in a moderate oven in a tin lined with greased paper.

Original Text

Lady Cake

1 cup butter 2 cups powdered sugar 3 cups flour ¹⁄₂ cup milk Whites of 8 eggs 2 tea-spoons cream of tartar 1 tea-spoon carbonate of soda 1 tea-spoon extract of almonds

Beat the butter to a cream. Stir in the sugar gradually, beating hard all the time. Mix the cream of tartar with the flour, and the soda with the milk. Add flour and milk alternately in small quantities, beating continually. Add the flavouring, and then stir in the stiffly-beaten whites lightly. Bake in a moderate oven in a tin lined with greased paper.

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