Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners / A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers

by Marion Harland

White Cup-cake.

One cup of butter.

Two cups of powdered sugar.

Three cups of prepared flour.

One cup of sweet milk.

Whites of five eggs.

One teaspoonful of essence of bitter almond.

Cream butter and sugar; add milk and beat hard before putting in the whites of the eggs. Stir in flavoring and, lightly and quickly, the prepared flour. Bake in small tins.