Small Cakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 egg whites
Directions
- Cream the butter, add the sugar slowly and continue creaming.
- Mix and sift the flour, baking powder and salt and add these and the milk, vanilla and lemon extracts to the butter and sugar.
- Mix well and beat two minutes.
- Beat the egg-whites till very stiff and fold these very carefully into the cake mixture.
- When thoroughly mixed, fill the cake pans (which have been prepared with waxed paper) two-thirds of an inch deep with the mixture.
- Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven, allow to stand five minutes, then slip a knife around the edges and remove the cake carefully from the pan.
- Turn over, remove the paper and allow the cake to cool.
- Ice on the bottom side.
- When ready for serving, cut in two-inch squares.
Other Information
Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron
Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)
Category: Dessert
Ingredients: sugar, salt, butter, milk, flour, vanilla, baking powder, lemon extract, egg white
Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, knife, oven, egg beater, sifter
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