Ingredients
11 each egg white
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Directions
Sift the dry ingredients together 4 times. Beat the egg whites until
dry. Fold dry ingredients into eggs. Add flavoring and bake at 250-F
for 1 hour. This cake should be baked in an ungreased angel food pan.
Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary
Arts Press, 1936.
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Cake; Dessert
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