Velvet Cake
PUBLISHED IN Sunday Times 16 June 1907
Ingredients
Cake
6 egg yolks
3 egg whites
2 cups of sugar
2 ½ cups of flour
1 tablespoonful baking powder
1 tablespoonful lemon extract
1 cup of boiling water
Icing
3 egg whites
18 tablespoonfuls icing sugar
1 tablespoonful of lemon extract
Instructions
Cake
Beat the yolks of six eggs a little, add two cups of sugar; and beat 15 minutes, add the well-beaten whites of three eggs (leaving the other three for icing) then one cup of boiling water, two and a half cups of flour with one tablespoonful of baking powder mixed dry; flavor with one tablespoonful of lemon extract. Make in three layers, with icing between and on top.
Icing
Add to the well-beaten whites of three eggs, 18 tablespoonfuls of icing sugar and one tablespoonful of lemon extract. Mix well and allow to dry in a cool place.
Submitted by Mrs Tomkinson, Lyndhurst, Bunbury