White or Silver Cake

Ingredients

• Twenty egg whites
• One and a quarter pound of flour
• One and a quarter pound of sugar
• Fifteen ounces of butter
• Little more than one teaspoon almond extract
• One teaspoon soda
• One teaspoon cream of tartar

Directions

1. Wash thoroughly and then cream butter
2. Roll sugar then add to butter
3. Beat egg whites stiff and add to mix
4. Sift in flour then beat mixture for ten to fifteen minutes
5. Add almond extract
6. Pulverize soda and cream of tartar together and sift into mix
7. Beat as little as possible to mix well
8. Cover pan and bake fifteen minutes in moderate oven
9. Increase heat gradually for thirty more minutes
10. Remove covering and continue increasing heat gradually for another thirty minutes
11. Remove pan cut and serve. 

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Brian Smith
Louisiana Anthology
December 23, 2023