Lincoln Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of butter
• One pound of sugar
• Six eggs well beaten:whitws and yolks separately
• Two cupfuls of sour cream
• One grated nutmeg
• One teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon
• One tablespoonful of rose water
• One teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, and stirred into the milk just before adding it to the cake

Directions

1. Cream the butter and sugar.
2. Add the whipped yolks.
3. Add cream and spice.
4. Add flour.
5. Add rose water.
6. Add a double handful of citron cut into slips and dredged.
7. Beat the egg whites of the eggs.
8. Stir all well.
9. Bake in a card-shaped buttered tin.

Source — The Unrivalled Cook-Book
Prepared by Samrina Dhami
Louisiana Anthology
April 2, 2024