This section is from the book "Temperance Cook Book", by Mary G. Smith. Also available from Amazon: Temperance Cook Book.
Whites of six eggs, scant three-fourths of a cup of butter, one and one-fourth cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of Equity baking-powder. Mix the baking-powder well with the flour, and pass it through the sieve four times. Beat the butter to a light cream, and add the flour to it stirring it in gradually with the ends of the fingers, until it is a smooth paste. Beat the whites of six eggs to a stiff froth, and mix in them the pulverized sugar; now stir the egg and sugar gradually into the flour and butter, and mix it smoothly together with the egg-whisk; as soon as smooth, put it in the oven, the heat of which should be moderate at first. Mixing cake in this way makes it very fine grain.
Three-fourths cup of butter, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, one of cornstarch, two of flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Mix cornstarch, flour, baking-powder together, add to butter and sugar (which has been stirred to a cream), alternately with the milk; lastly, add the whites of seven eggs; flavor to taste. Never fails to be good.
Whites of eight eggs, beaten stiff, small cupful of butter, two cupfuls of pulverized sugar, three-fourths cup of sweet milk, small teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar, or three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, three and one-half cupfuls of flour. Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add the milk and soda, then one-half the eggs, two cups of flour, then the rest of the eggs with the cupful of flour, in which the cream-tartar has been well mixed. Makes two loaves.
Two cupfuls of sugar, one-half cup of butter, whites of four eggs, one cup of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, three small teaspoonfuls of baking. powder sifted into the flour. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, stir in the milk and flour, a little at a time, add the whites last. All cake should be well stirred before the whites of the eggs are added. Never fails.
One cupful of butter, two of powdered sugar, two cupfuls of flour, one of cornstarch, whites of seven eggs, two teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, cup sweet milk. Flavor as you like.
Whites of five eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, one-half cupful of butter, two of sugar, one of sweet milk, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, one teaspoonful of bitter almond, three cupfuls of flour.
One cupful of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, whites of three eggs, two teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Flavor with lemon. Bake in one loaf; when done frost.
Four eggs, two cups of sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, melted butter size of an egg, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar. Flavor with lemon or nutmeg.
 
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