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Bridal Cake

From Atlanta women's club cook book, 1921

Serves 3

Recipe by Mrs. Allen D. Candler, Wife of former Governor of Georgia.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 11 eggs (whites)
  • 1/2 t-spoon almond extract
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 t-spoon cream of tartar
  • 1 cup flour

Method

  1. Beat whites stiff, add sugar, spoonful at a time, beating all the while.

  2. Add flavoring; then flour, little at a time, in which cream of tartar has been sifted.

  3. Bake in tube pan about 1 hour.

  4. When cold, remove from pan and slice in layers, or can be baked in layers.

Nutrition per serving

825Calories
28 gProtein
137 gCarbs
18 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

n eggs (whites). 1 t-spoon vanilla. 11/2 cups sugar. 1 t-spoon cream of tartar. 1 cup flour. Sift sugar eight times, the last time into the beaten whites and stir until smooth. Sift cream of tartar into the flour and sift flour eight times, the last time into the mixture. Fold in gently, but do not beat. Put in ungreased pan and bake slowly 50 minutes. When done, the cake should be turned down on the edge of two cups until thoroughly cold before removing from pan. Mrs. L. C. McRaye, (Wife of Governor of Arkansas). ORANGE ICE-CREAM. (FROM CALIFORNIA). 1 pt. California orange juice. 1 pt. plain cream. 1 pt. whipping cream. Sugar to taste. Mix ingredients, freeze and pack for at least two hours. Mrs. W. D. Stephens, (Wife of Governor of California). FRENCH SALAD DRESSING (FROM CONNECTICUT.) Vinegar. Black pepper. Piece of ice. Paprika. Salt. Mustard. Red pepper. Put good sized piece of ice in boMd. Put into tbls. a salt spoon of salt, a little red pepper and black pepper, paprika, and mustard. Mix this with oil until smooth. Pour this over the ice. Take 4 tbls. of oil to 1 of vinegar. Pour over the ice until thick. Mrs. Everett L. Lake, (Wife of Governor of Connecticut). 18 ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB COOK BOOK OATMEAL COOKIES. 3 cups uncooked oatmeal. 1 cup raisins (chopped and 1 cup flour. floured). 1 cup sugar. i/p cup buttermilk. % cup lard. 1 level t-spoon soda. 1 egg. Spices to suit taste. Mix ingredients and drop from a t-spoon upon a greased platter. Cook in a moderate oven, from fifteen to twenty minutes. The dough must be very stiff or the cookies will run together. Mrs. Everett L. Lake, (Wife of Governor of Connecticut.) THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING. (FROM MISSOURI). 1 bottle small pickled onions. Paprika. 1 box pimentos. Salt. 8 eggs (hard boiled). Cayenne pepper. Grind eggs in meat chopper, slice pimentos and cut up onions fine. Mix all together, adding salt, paprika and cayenne to taste. Mayonnaise. Yolks of two eggs. 1 lemon (juice). I cup of chili sauce. 1 cud olive oil. Beat egg yolks, add olive oil drop by drop ; when it thickens add lemon juice, continue beating and adding oil until all oil is used. Add with the chili sauce to the above ingredients. Sliced green pepper improves this dressing. Mrs. Hortense S. Hyde. (Wife of Governor of Missouri) . FEATHER PUDDING. 6 eggs whites. 1 cup sugar. Coloring. Whipped cream. Beat egg whites well ; sift in sugar, still beating. Pour hall in pan and color other half pink. Set the pans in another pan of hot water and bake half an hour. Serve with whipped cream. Mrs. Hortense E. Hyde, (Wife of Governor of Missouri). BRIDAL CAKE. (FROM GEORGIA). II eggs (whites). V2 t-spoon almond extract. 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1/2 t-spoon cream of tartar. 1 cup flour

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