White Mountain Cake No. 1

Original Recipe

Two cups of sugar, two-thirds cup of butter, the whites of seven eggs well beaten, two-thirds cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one cup of cornstarch, two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake in jelly-cake tins. Frosting.--Whites of three eggs and some sugar beaten together not quite as stiff as usual for frosting; spread over the cake, add some grated cocoanut, then put your cakes together; put cocoanut and frosting on top.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 7 eggs well beaten
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 cup of cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
  • 3 eggs and some sugar beaten together not quite as stiff as usual for frosting

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two cups of sugar, two-thirds cup of butter, the whites of seven eggs well beaten, two-thirds cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one cup of cornstarch, two teaspoonfuls baking powder.

  2. 2

    Bake in jelly-cake tins. _Frosting._--Whites of three eggs and some sugar beaten together not quite as stiff as usual for frosting; spread over the cake, add some grated cocoanut, then put your cakes together; put cocoanut and frosting on top.

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