Easy Cake
From Observatory
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- Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- Milk
- 1½ cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking-powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 tablespoons butter
- Utensils
- Bowl
- Sifter
- Wooden cake-spoon
- Small saucepan
- Dover beater
- Cake-pan (with tube)
- Directions
1.
Break the eggs into the measuring-cup, and fill the cup to the top with milk.
2.
Pour into a bowl, and beat the eggs and milk together with a dover beater.
3.
Add the sugar, and beat again.
4.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan; add the melted butter with the vanilla, and then the flour, to the mixture in the bowl, and beat for at least five minutes.
5.
Add the baking-powder, and stir well.
6.
Pour the mixture into a buttered cake-pan, place the pan in a cold oven, light the gas, and bake for about forty minutes, reducing the heat after the first fifteen minutes. If a layer-cake is wanted, the baking must be done in two shallow cake-pans, and about fifteen minutes allowed for the baking.
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