American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette
Queen'S Cake
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Instructions
- 1
Beat well together one cupful of butter and three cupfuls of white sugar, add the yolks of six eggs and one cupful of milk, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla or lemon extract.
- 2
Mix all thoroughly.
- 3
To four cupfuls of flour add two heaping teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar and sift gently over the cake stirring all the time.
- 4
To this add one even teaspoonful of soda dissolved in one tablespoonful of warm water.
- 5
Mix it well.
- 6
Stir in gently the whites of six eggs beaten to a stiff foam.
- 7
Bake slowly.
- 8
It should be put in the oven as soon as possible after putting in the soda and whites of eggs.
- 9
This is the same recipe as the one for "Citron Cake," only omitting the citron.