American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Cup Cakes

Original Recipe

Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups and a half of flour and four eggs, half a teaspoonful of soda, large spoon cream of tartar; stir butter and sugar together and add the beaten yolks of the eggs, then the milk, then flavoring and the whites. Put cream of tartar in flour and add last. Bake in buttered gem-pans, or drop the batter, a teaspoonful at a time, in rows on flat buttered tins. To this recipe may be added a cup of English currants or chopped raisins; and also another variety of cake may be made by adding a half cup citron sliced and floured, a half cupful of chopped almonds and lemon extract.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of butter
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 3 cups and a half of flour and four eggs
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda
  • 10 yolks of the eggs
  • 1 teaspoonful at a time
  • 1 cup of english currants or chopped raisins
  • 1 half cup citron sliced and floured
  • 1 half cupful of chopped almonds and lemon extract

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups and a half of flour and four eggs, half a teaspoonful of soda, large spoon cream of tartar; stir butter and sugar together and add the beaten yolks of the eggs, then the milk, then flavoring and the whites.

  2. 2

    Put cream of tartar in flour and add last.

  3. 3

    Bake in buttered gem-pans, or drop the batter, a teaspoonful at a time, in rows on flat buttered tins.

  4. 4

    To this recipe may be added a cup of English currants or chopped raisins; and also another variety of cake may be made by adding a half cup citron sliced and floured, a half cupful of chopped almonds and lemon extract.

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