Buffalo Layer Cake

Ingredients

• For Cake:

• One cup of white sugar
• Two-thirds cup of sweet milk
• Two cups of flour
• One egg
• One tablespoon of melted butter
• One teaspoon of Dixie baking powder

• For Cream Filling:

• One cup of sweet milk
• One egg
• One tablespoon of cornstarch
• Two tablespoons of sugar

Directions

• For Cake:

1. Bake in three jelly tins

• For Cream Filling:

1. Heat the milk until boiling with the sugar in it.
2. Add the starch wet in a little cold milk.
3. Stir until it thickens.
4. Put in the egg well beaten.

— Miss Mary Werlein

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Michael Davis
Louisiana Anthology
March 14, 2022