Burnt Sugar Cake
Public Domain Recipes

Burnt Sugar Cake

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  1. Caramelize two-thirds of a cup of sugar.
  2. When the sugar is melted and reaches the light brown or the 'caramel' stage, add the water.
  3. Cook until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved in the water.
  4. Allow it to cool.
  5. Cream the butter, add the rest of the uncooked sugar, and then add the egg-yolks.
  6. Mix well.
  7. Add the salt, flour, baking-powder, vanilla and the cooled liquid.
  8. Beat two minutes and add the egg-whites stiffly beaten.
  9. Pour into two pans prepared with buttered paper.
  10. Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven.
  11. Ice with confectioner’s icing.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Dessert

Ingredients: butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, egg, water, salt, vanilla

Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, oven, egg beater, stove

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