One Egg Cake

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

1/2 cup butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 cup powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
1 egg ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 cup milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
2 cups flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/2 tea-spoon carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
1 tea-spoon cream of tartar ↝ Leavening agents, cream of tartar [Baked Products]
1 tea-spoon vanilla, or the grated rind and juice of half a lemon ↝ Vanilla extract [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (6)

Cream the butter and add the sugar.
Beat well together.
Beat the egg till light and add it, and then the milk with the soda dissolved in it.
Stir in the flour with which the cream of tartar should be mixed.
Beat well together and add the vanilla.
Bake in a shallow tin in a moderate oven for half-an-hour.

Original Text

One Egg Cake

¹⁄₂ cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 2 cups flour ¹⁄₂ tea-spoon carbonate of soda 1 tea-spoon cream of tartar 1 tea-spoon vanilla, or the grated rind and juice of half a lemon

Cream the butter and add the sugar. Beat well together. Beat the egg till light and add it, and then the milk with the soda dissolved in it. Stir in the flour with which the cream of tartar should be mixed. Beat well together and add the vanilla. Bake in a shallow tin in a moderate oven for half-an-hour.

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