Golden Cake

A dish that starts with butter and finishes with sugar.

Cake

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract
  • Yolks 5 eggs
  • ¼ cup milk
  • ⅞ cup flour
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ¼ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • ¼ cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and yolks of eggs beaten until thick and lemon-colored, and extract. Mix and sift flour and baking powder, and add alternately with milk to first mixture. Omit orange extract, add one-half cup nut meat cut in small pieces, and bake in individual tins.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories411
Protein4.6 g
Fat16.4 g
Carbs62.8 g
Fiber1.0 g
Sodium256 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States