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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Cream well and use a good cream of tartar baking powder.

Soda Cakes.

• 3¾ lbs. Sugar.
• 3¾ lbs. Butter.
• 13½ lbs. Self-raising Flour.
• 3 qts. Milk.
• 6¾ lbs. Currants.
• 1½ lbs. Citron.
• 15 Eggs.

The above are usually baked in square molds. Recipe for self-raising flour is published elsewhere.

Sugar Cakes.

• 6 lbs. Butter (or half Lard).
• 9 lbs. Sugar.
• 4½ oz. Ammonia.
• 2½ qts. Milk.
• 30 Eggs.
• 18 lbs. Flour.

Add flour last and do not work dough too much. Use exact proportions given.

Sugar Cakes Without Eggs.

• 6 lbs. Sugar.
• 2 lbs. Lard.
• 2 qts. Water.
• 2½ oz. Ammonia.
• 12 lbs. Flour.