Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book / A Practical and Exhaustive Manual of Cookery and Housekeeping

by Marion Harland

Minnehaha cake

Cream a half-cupful of butter with one and a half cupfuls of sugar, add the beaten yolks of four eggs; a half-pint of milk, and the stiffened whites of the eggs alternately with three even cupfuls of prepared flour, or enough to make a good batter. Bake in layer tins.