Buttercup Cake

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903
Source
The cake and biscuit book
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (9)
Instructions (10)
  1. Cream the butter.
  2. Add the sugar.
  3. Beat thoroughly.
  4. Beat the eggs till light and frothy.
  5. Add to the butter.
  6. Dissolve the soda in the milk.
  7. Mix the cream of tartar with the flour.
  8. Add milk and flour to the mixture, beating well continually.
  9. Add the lemon juice and rind.
  10. Bake in two greased tins in a moderate oven until the cake shrinks from the sides.
Original Text
Buttercup Cake ³⁄₄ cup butter 1¹⁄₂ cups sugar Yolks of eight eggs 1 whole egg ¹⁄₂ cup milk 2 cups flour ¹⁄₂ tea-spoon carbonate of soda 1¹⁄₂ tea-spoons cream of tartar Juice and grated rind of half a lemon Cream the butter. Add the sugar. Beat thoroughly. Beat the eggs till light and frothy. Add to the butter. Dissolve the soda in the milk. Mix the cream of tartar with the flour. Add milk and flour to the mixture, beating well continually. Add the lemon juice and rind. Bake in two greased tins in a moderate oven until the cake shrinks from the sides.
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