DELICATE CAKE.
From MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN, of District of Columbia, Lady Manager.
Four ounces butter, fourteen ounces sugar, whites of six eggs, twelve
ounces of flour, two teaspoons of baking powder, one cup of milk. Rub
the butter and sugar together until they form a cream, stir the baking
powder through the flour, then add it, a cupful at a time, to the
butter and sugar, then stir in the milk, putting in the whites of the
eggs after being beaten to a froth, a large spoonful at a time. Bake
in a brisk oven.
DELICATE CAKE.
From MRS. HARRIET T. UPTON, of Ohio, Alternate Lady Manager.
Use the same size cup for all ingredients. Two cups (coffee) sugar,
one-half cup butter, stir to a cream; whites of eight eggs beaten
stiff, three-fourths cup sweet milk, two and one-half cups flour, two
teaspoons baking powder stirred into flour; put whites of eggs in last
and stir gently.
WHITE CAKE.
From MRS. GOVERNOR JOHN M. STONE, of Mississippi, Lady Manager.
Whites of twelve eggs, five teacups flour, three teacups sugar, one
teacup sweet milk, one full cup butter, two teaspoonfuls yeast powder.
WALNUT CAKE.
From MRS. FRANCES C. HOLLEY, of North Dakota, Alternate Lady Manager.
Three cups of sugar; one cup of butter; four cups of flour; one and
one-half cup of sweet milk; three cups of walnut or butternut meats;
whites of eight eggs.
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