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WHITE  LAYER  CAKE
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WHITE LAYER CAKE

16 ingredients 7 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

884
Calories
28g
Protein
31g
Fat
121g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Hickory Nut not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one-half cupful of butter
  • one cupful of sweet milk
  • two cupfuls of flour
  • three teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • two cupfuls of sugar
  • one-half cupful of sweet milk boil from three to five minutes
  • one-half cupfuls of sugar
  • one cupful of flour
  • one teaspoonful of cream of tartar
  • one cupful of sugar
  • two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • one-half tumblerfuls of sugar
  • one tumbler- ful of flour
  • eight eggs
  • ten eggs
  • butter the size of a hickory nut improves

Directions

1

One and one-balf cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuls of flour, whites of lour eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, put together with milk frosting as follows Two cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of sweet milk boil from three to five minutes or until it will cream beat until cool or put together with boiled frosting and fresh grated cocoanut. Mes. George B. Early.

2

WHITE SPONGE CAKE— No. 1.

3

One and one-half tumblerfuls of sugar, one tumbler- ful of flour, whites of eight eggs, two-thirds of a tea- spoonful of cream of tartar.

4

WHITE SPONGE CAKE-No. 2.

5

Whites of ten eggs, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar.

6

YELLOW SPONGE CAKE. Yolks of ten eggs, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder (piece of butter the size of a hickory nut improves it), sift the sugar, flour and baking powder into the eggs when well beaten, stirring all the time. A rose geranium leaf in the pan before putting in the cake gives it a good flavor; also in the white sponge cake.

7

Mrs. J. RuMSEY.

By Chippewa Falls, Wis. Episcopal church. Ladies aid society. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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