Silver Cake
The whites of eight eggs, one cup butter, two cups sugar, three cups flour, one-half cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda; flavor with lemon or bitter almonds.
Four hundred recipes from Auburn, New York, 1881 — the oldest cookbook here, and the only one written by a woman for herself.
The whites of eight eggs, one cup butter, two cups sugar, three cups flour, one-half cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda; flavor with lemon or bitter almonds.