Cup Cakes - American Recipe

Cup Cakes

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●●○○○

🍳 Equipment: Mixing-bowl, Mixing-spoon, 2 small bowls, Sifter, Dover beater, Muffin-pans

Classic American cup cakes — simple, satisfying home baking.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• ½ teaspoon soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking-powder
• ½ teaspoon lemon extract

Method

1. Break — the eggs, putting the yolks in one bowl and the whites in another.
2. With — the dover beater, beat first the whites and then the yolks very thoroughly.
3. Stir — the sour cream and soda together in the mixing-bowl.
4. Add — the sugar, and stir.
5. Add — the beaten egg-yolks, and stir again.
6. Sift — the flour and baking-powder together into the bowl, and stir the whole mixture vigorously.
7. Add — the lemon extract, and "fold in" the beaten egg-whites.
8. Butter — the muffin-pans, and fill them about two-thirds full of the batter.
9. Bake — in a fairly hot oven for about fifteen minutes or until the cakes are browned.

Tags: cream, egg, flour, sugar, lemon · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)