Plain New England cake (1900)
| Plain New England cake (1900) |
Recipe Type: Dessert
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Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1-1/2 cups flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- butter the size of an egg
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Instructions
- Melt the butter and stir into a little of the milk. Beat this into the sugar.
- Beat the three yolks with the white of only one of the eggs and mix into the rest of the milk. Then add to sugar and butter.
- Sift baking powder into flour and add last. Beat well, flavor with vanilla.
- Bake in long biscuit pan and [when done] cover the top with the following frosting:
- Frosting: Stir one-half cup milk into two cups sugar. Boil for two or three minutes without stirring. Remove from fire, add vanilla and beat to a cream. Spread thick over the cake.
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Publication: The San Francisco Call
Publication date: December 16, 1900
Original title: Society Girls Preparing Christmas Dinner
