Very Old Fashioned White Cake
From midgelet 15 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 10
A very old recipe, ( 1900's ) unusal but post here for those who enjoy these kind of recipes. I never tried this one and it is intriquing to me in it's preparation. No baking times or temps were given- I just added them in
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup cold water shopping list
- 8 egg whites, slightly beaten shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups pastry flour shopping list
- 2 tsp baking powder shopping list
How to make it
- Cream three-quarters cup of butter and one and one-quarter cups of sugar very well.
- Stop stirring, pour one-half cup of cold water on top of butter mixture and whites of eight eggs slightly beaten on top of water; do not stir, add one teaspoon of vanilla.
- Sift two and one-half cups of pastry flour, measure, then mix with two heaping teaspoons of baking-powder, and sift three times.
- Add to cake mixture and then beat hard until very smooth.
- Turn into ungreased angel cake pan, place in slow oven. -300F
- Let cake rise to top of pan, then increase heat ( 350F ) and bake until firm.
- Invert pan, when cool cut out.
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I agree, it's an intriguing recipe. Might have to try this one soon...thanks for sharing..and what a precious little dog!
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debbie919
in Manahawkin loved it
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wow fantastic and love that its an old recipe{love them thanks high5 and above
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