Hot Weather Dishes

Philadelphia, 1888: what to eat when it is too hot to cook, from the cooking-school teacher who taught the city.

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For the Cake

4 eggs 4 ounces of butter 2 cups of sugar I cup of milk 2 cups of flour 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder Beat the butter, sugar and yolks of the eggs together until light; add the milk and then the flour. Beat well. Now beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and stir them carefully into the cake; add the baking powder, and mix well; pour into a greased cake pan and bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour.

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