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Golden 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
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- Yolks 5 eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- ⅞ cup flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
Make it happen
Directions
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Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and yolks of eggs beaten until thick and lemon-colored, and extract. Mix and sift flour and baking powder, and add alternately with milk to first mixture. Omit orange extract, add one-half cup nut meat cut in small pieces, and bake in individual tins.
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