Birthday Cake

Name: Birthday Cake
Ingredients: ½ cup butter; 1¼ cups brown sugar; Yolks 2 eggs; ⅔ cup milk; 2¼ cups flour; 3½ teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon orange extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 tablespoons Sherry; ½ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces; ½ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces; ⅓ cup currants; 2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut; Whites 2 eggs

Ingredients

½ cup butter
1¼ cups brown sugar
Yolks 2 eggs
⅔ cup milk
2¼ cups flour
3½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons Sherry
½ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
½ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
⅓ cup currants
2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut
Whites 2 eggs

Steps

Follow directions for making butter cake mixtures. Bake in a buttered and floured angel-cake pan in a slow oven one and one-quarter hours. Cover with Ornamental Frosting (see p. 532).

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From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910), now in the public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.