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wine, one glass of rose-water. Then stir in one pound of sifted flour, and the
well-beaten whites of the eggs. Bake a nice light brown.
COCOANUT POUND CAKE.
One-half cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of milk, and five
eggs, beaten to a stiff froth; one teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream of
tartar, stirred into four cups of sifted flour. Beat the butter and sugar until
very light; to which add the beaten yolks, then the milk, the beaten whites of
eggs, then the flour by degrees. After beating all well together, add a small
cocoanut grated. Line the cake-pans with paper well buttered, and fill rather
more than half full, and bake in a moderate oven. Spread over the top a thin
frosting, sprinkled thickly with grated cocoanut.
CITRON POUND CAKE.
Stir two cups of butter to a cream, then beat in the following ingredients each
one in succession: one pint of powdered sugar, one quart of flour, a teaspoonful
of salt, eight eggs, the yolks and whites beaten separately, and a wine-glass of
brandy; then last of all add a quarter of a pound of citron cut into thin slices
and floured. Line two cake-pans with buttered paper and turn the cake-batter in.
Bake in a moderate oven about three quarters of an hour.
CITRON CAKE.
Three cups of white sugar and one cup of butter creamed together; one cup of
sweet milk, six eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately; one teaspoonful of
vanilla or lemon extract, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, sifted with
four cups and a half of flour. One cup and a half of citron, sliced thin and
dredged with flour. Divide into two cakes and bake in tins lined with buttered
letter-paper
LEMON CAKE.
Three teacupfuls of sugar, one cupful of butter, five eggs, a level teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in a cup of sweet milk, four full cups of sifted flour, and
lastly, the grated peel and juice of a lemon, the juice to be added the very
last. Bake in two shallow tins. When cold, ice with lemon icing, and cut into
squares.
DELICATE CAKE.
One cup of corn-starch, 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 tartar with the flour and corn-starch; one half teaspoonful
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