Butter Sponge Cake.

Butter Sponge Cake.

From Betty, written alone beside the title; role unclear.

Ingredients

  • 11 beaten egg yolks
  • 2 C sugar
  • 1 C milk scalded
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 2 1/4 C cake flour
  • 2 t baking powder
  • 1/2 C melted butter

Directions

  1. Beat egg yolks & sugar till fluffy.
  2. add slightly cooled milk & vanilla. add sifted dry ing. fold in butter.
  3. Bake in 2 - 8-inch pans 350 degrees 30-40 min. or Angel Food cake tin

Timing

  • 30 - 40 min.

Temperature

  • milk scalded and slightly cooled; butter melted; oven 350 degrees

Equipment

  • milk-scalding vessel; butter-melting vessel; mixing bowl; beating utensil; sifter; two 8-inch pans or one Angel Food cake tin; oven

Notes

  • two 8-inch pans and one Angel Food cake tin are alternatives

Transcription

Betty

Arwilda’s edits

Arwilda’s note: The original wording is obscured; the final visible text is “melted is added above the 1/2 cup butter ingredient”. Set has_arwilda_edits and add an insertion event changing butter to melted butter.

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Uncertain Betty: Reading is clear, but role is ambiguous; may be attribution or title annotation. Candidates: “Betty (attribution)”, “Betty (title annotation)”.

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