Name: Custard or Cream Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups of sugar and half a cup of butter; 1 cup of sweet milk in which is dissolved half a teaspoonful of soda; 6 eggs to a stiff froth and add to the mixture; 1 heaping teaspoonful of cream of tartar stirred thoroughly into three cups of sifted flour and add quickly; 1 moderate oven in layers like jelly cake; 2 cups of sweet milk; 1 clean suitable dish; 1 boil add two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch or flour stirred into half a cup of sugar; 4 eggs and a little cold milk; 1 or lemon

Original Recipe

Cream together two cups of sugar and half a cup of butter; add half a cup of sweet milk in which is dissolved half a teaspoonful of soda. Beat the whites of six eggs to a stiff froth and add to the mixture. Have one heaping teaspoonful of cream of tartar stirred thoroughly into three cups of sifted flour and add quickly. Bake in a moderate oven in layers like jelly cake, and, when done, spread custard between. For the Custard.--Take two cups of sweet milk, put it into a clean suitable dish, set it in a dish of boiling water on the range or stove. When the milk comes to a boil add two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch or flour stirred into half a cup of sugar, adding the yolks of four eggs and a little cold milk. Stir this into the boiling milk and when cooked thick enough set aside to cool; afterwards add the flavoring, either vanilla or lemon. It is best to make the custard first, before making the cake part.

1

Cream together two cups of sugar and half a cup of butter; add half a cup of sweet milk in which is dissolved half a teaspoonful of soda.
2

Beat the whites of six eggs to a stiff froth and add to the mixture.
3

Have one heaping teaspoonful of cream of tartar stirred thoroughly into three cups of sifted flour and add quickly.
4

Bake in a moderate oven in layers like jelly cake, and, when done, spread custard between. _For the Custard._--Take two cups of sweet milk, put it into a clean suitable dish, set it in a dish of _boiling_ water on the range or stove.
5

When the milk comes to a boil add two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch or flour stirred into half a cup of sugar, adding the yolks of four eggs and a little cold milk.
6

Stir this into the boiling milk and when cooked thick enough set aside to cool; afterwards add the flavoring, either vanilla or lemon.
7

It is best to make the custard first, before making the cake part.

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