CREAM FOR CREAM CAKES
- 1 quart milk,
- 4 eggs,
- ½ pound powdered sugar,
- 3 ounces corn starch,
- Whites of six eggs,
- A little salt,
- Vanilla flavor to taste.
Put the milk on the fire in a pan to boil; while the milk is coming to a boil put the eggs, sugar, corn starch and salt into a dish and mix well together; when the milk boils turn this into it, stirring the while, and as soon as it all comes to a boil take it off, and when nearly cold add the whites of the six eggs, beat up to a stiff froth.
JAM CAKE
Two cups sugar, 2 cups jam, 3 cups Gold Medal Flour, 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1 cup butter, 1 cup sour milk, 1 nutmeg, 1 teaspoonful vanilla, 1 teaspoonful soda.
