Delicate Cake

Original Recipe

One cup of cornstarch, one of butter, two of sugar, one of sweet milk, two of flour, the whites of seven eggs; rub butter and sugar to a cream; mix one teaspoonful cream of tartar with the flour and cornstarch; one-half teaspoonful soda with the sweet milk; add the milk and soda to the sugar and butter, then add flour, then the whites of eggs; flavor to taste. Never fails to be good.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup of cornstarch
  • 1 of butter
  • 2 of sugar
  • 1 of sweet milk
  • 2 of flour
  • 7 eggs
  • 1 cream
  • 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar with the flour and cornstarch
  • 1 with the sweet milk
  • 1 to the sugar and butter

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cup of cornstarch, one of butter, two of sugar, one of sweet milk, two of flour, the whites of seven eggs; rub butter and sugar to a cream; mix one teaspoonful cream of tartar with the flour and cornstarch; one-half teaspoonful soda with the sweet milk; add the milk and soda to the sugar and butter, then add flour, then the whites of eggs; flavor to taste.

  2. 2

    Never fails to be good.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)