Ellen Gardner
Precious letter from Ellen's Grandma.

• 6 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup orange or pineapple juice

Separate the whites of the eggs and beat them good until stiff. While beating them add 3/4 cup sugar slowly until it's good and foamy (also the salt). Now get to the yellow of the 6 eggs. Also beat them until good and stiff. (Of course, don't forget the 3/4 cup of the sugar which it's left from the 1 1/2 cups of sugar.) Now after the yellow is nice and stiff add slowly the flour which it's already sifted with the baking powder. Alternate the juice and flour slowly. When the flour and juice is mixed up, slowly add the whites (which have been beaten) and very slow mix it together. I hope you will find it good if you will follow up everything I put down.

Have you got a tube pan? It's got to be in one. Also, do not grease the pan. Before you get through mixing all the ingredients, light the stove at 350 degrees and bake it for about 70 minutes. When it's brown and done, make sure you turn the pan upside down. Let the cake stay in the pan until it's cold. Then with a knife slowly scrape the cake out on the sides of the pan, and it will come out very good. Make sure when you turn the pan upside down for the cake to come out, have a wire rack so it will not crumble. Then again turn it into a dish, whatever it is. I hope I didn't make it too complicated. If you read it, you will find it very easy. Good luck.

Love, Grandma