Book of American Baking / A Practical Guide Covering Various Branches of the Baking Industry, Including Cakes, Buns, and Pastry, Bread Making, Pie Baking, Etc.

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Florence Cake.

Sugar, 1¼ lbs.; butter, 12 oz.; whites, 1 pint; milk, 1 pint; soda, ⅓ oz.; cream of tartar, ⅔ oz.; flour, 1¾ lbs. Rub the butter and half the sugar light; beat the whites and the rest of the sugar to them. Then mix in with your rubbed butter and sugar; then milk, flavoring and flour.