Sunshine Cake

Ingredients

• Eleven egg yolks
• Two cups of sugar
• One cup of butter
• One teaspoon cream of tartar
• One half teaspoon baking soda
• Three cups of flour
• Vanilla extract to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to temperature appropriate for baking.
2. Beat the sugar and butter to a cream.
3. Add the egg yolks to the mix and beat to a stiff froth.
4. Fold in the flour slowly, then add baking soda, and cream of tartar to mix and beat until stiff fluff.
5. Add vanilla to taste and bake quickly in the oven to desired firmness. 

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Margaret Boston
Louisiana Anthology
July 3, 2021