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Birthday Cake
A classic 1910 sweet built around butter, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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What you’ll need
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
Make it happen
Directions
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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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