Ebook - Recipes Tried And True (1894 Cookbook).txt

Stir in sugar, and then flour, very lightly. Put in pan in moderate

oven at once, and bake from thirty-five to fifty minutes.

ANGEL FOOD CAKE. MISS NELLIE LINSLEY.

Whites of eleven eggs, one cup of flour, one and one-half cups of

granulated sugar, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one teaspoonful of

almond extract, one-half teaspoonful of salt. Sift sugar once; flour

three times; add cream tartar to flour, and sift three times. Bake

forty minutes.

SUNSHINE CAKE. MRS. FRANK ARROWSMITH AND MAUD STOLTZ.

Whites of seven small eggs, yolks of five eggs, one cup of granulated

sugar, two-thirds cup of flour, one-third teaspoon of cream tartar,

and a pinch of salt. Sift the flour and sugar five times; measure,

and set aside, as for angel cake. Beat yolks of eggs thoroughly;

then, after washing beater, beat the whites about half; add cream

tartar, and beat until very, very stiff. Stir in sugar lightly; then

the beaten yolks thoroughly; then add flour and flavoring, and put in

tube pan in the oven at once. It will bake in thirty-five to fifty

minutes.

COLD WATER CAKE. MISS ANNA BARTH.

One and one-half cups of sugar, one-quarter cup of butter, two and

one-half cups of flour, two eggs, one cup of water, two teaspoons of

baking powder. Flavor with vanilla or lemon.

Longest established in Marion--Jennie Thomas, milliner.

BRIDES CAKE. MRS. J. J. SLOAN.

Two cups of butter, four cups of pulverized sugar, two cups of sweet

milk, two scant cups of corn starch, four heaping cups of flour,

whites of twelve eggs, one tablespoon of lemon extract, three heaping

teaspoons of baking powder. Cream the butter and sugar; add the well

beaten whites; then the milk, the corn starch, and the flour in which

baking powder has been sifted. This should be as stiff as pound cake.

Bake in a moderate oven. It makes a very large cake, or two

moderate-sized ones. Sometimes you will have to use more or less

flour, according to the size of your eggs.

SPONGE CAKE. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.

The yolks of four eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of flour, four

tablespoonfuls of cold water, one teaspoonful of baking powder; add

the whites of four eggs. Bake in a quick oven, but not too hot.

SPONGE CAKE. MRS. HARRY TRUE.

One cup of sugar, one and a half cups of flour, three eggs, two

tablespoons of water, one heaping teaspoon of baking powder.

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