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Source of Recipe

Swans Down Cake Flour-1928


Recipe Introduction

Syrup method.

List of Ingredients

7/8 C sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 C sifted flour
1/3 C water
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
5 egg yolks, beaten until thick and lemon colored
1 tsp flavoring


Recipe

Sift flour once, measure, add cream of tartar and salt, and sift together 4 times.
Boil sugar and water together until a small amount of syrup forms a soft ball in cold water, or spins a long thread. (238 degrees F.). Pour the syrup in a fine stream over egg whites, beating constantly. Continue beating as mixture cools. Fold in egg yolks and flavoring, then flour a small amount at a time. Pour into ungreased tube pan. Bake in a slow oven (350 degrees F.) for 40 minutes. then decrease heat to 325 and bake 30 minutes longer. Remove from heat and invert pan 1 hour, or until cooled.