This section is from the book "Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea", by Marion Harland. Also available from Amazon: Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea.
2 cups powdered sugar.
1/2 cup butter, creamed with the sugar. Whites of 5 eggs, whisked stiff. 1 cup of milk.
3 full cups of prepared flour. Flavor with vanilla.
Bake in jelly-cake tins.
1 cup sweet cream, whipped stiff. 3 table-spoonfuls powdered sugar. 1/2 cup grated cocoanut, stirred in lightly at the last. 1 teaspoonful rose-water.
A very delicate and delicious cake, but must be eaten very soon after it is made, since the cream will be sour or stale after twenty-four hours. It is best on the day in which it is made.
 
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