Recipe: Dolly Madison's Cake (1920's)

DOLLY MADISON'S CAKE

"First Lady Dolly Madison was another of the good cooks of Revolutionary days. Her cake recipe she recommended above all others."

1 pound butter
6 egg yolks, well beaten
1 pound sugar
6 egg whites, well beaten
1 pound sifted flour
1 whole nutmeg, grated
1 tablespoon mace
3 tablespoons lemon juice
a little grated lemon rind
1 dessert spoon soda
enough milk to make a smooth batter

"Beat one pound of butter to a cream, add it to the well beaten yolks of six eggs which have been previously mixed with one pound of sugar. Then add the well beaten whites of the eggs and one pound of sifted flour -- alternately. After this is well mixed add one whole nutmeg, grated; one tablespoon mace, three tablespoons of lemon juice and a little grated rind and one dessert spoon of soda. Stir the ingredients quickly together and add enough milk to make a smooth batter. Put in well greased pans -- deep pans preferable -- and bake in a moderate oven."

Source: St Petersburg, FL Evening Independent, Friday, Nov 26, 1926