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Laboratory Exercises (II)

CAKES.

Feather Cake. 6 T. butter 1 C. (?) milk 1.4 C. sugar 3 eggs 3 C. flour 5 t. baking powder 2 t. vanilla 1. Grease cake pan well, put a sheet of white paper in bottom of the pan and grease it. 2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together three times. 3. Cream the butter and add the sugar and beaten egg alternately. Beat well. 4. Add of the flour mixture and of the milk to the butter, sugar and egg and beat well. 5. Add another third of the flour and milk and beat again. 6. Add the rest of the flour and enough more milk to make a soft drop batter. 7. Add vanilla and beat well. 8. Put cake into pan at once and bake in a moderate oven. Spice Cake. 4 T. butter C. sugar 2+ C. flour 2 t. cinnamon t. cloves 1 egg and 1 yolk C. New Orleans molasses 1 t. soda + t. salt C. (?) sour milk 1. Grease cake pan. 2. Sift flour, soda, salt and spice together three times. 3. Cream the butter and add the sugar, egg and molasses. Beat well.