New Year's Ever Cake
3 c Sifted Swan's Down Cake -Flour 3 ts Calumet Baking Powder 1/2 ts Salt 2/3 c Butter or other shortening 2 c Sugar 1 c Milk 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 6 Egg whites, stiffly beaten Chocolat...
Ingredients
- 3cup sifted swan's down cake
- 1/2tsp salt
- 2/3cup butter or other shortening
- 2cup sugar
- 1cup milk
- 11/2 ts vanilla
- 6egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 4tbsp swans down cake flour
Directions
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3 c Sifted Swan's Down Cake -Flour 3 ts Calumet Baking Powder 1/2 ts Salt 2/3 c Butter or other shortening 2 c Sugar 1 c Milk 1 1/2 ts Vanil
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I was unaware that in her younger days she had another persona
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She was a radio personality with a cooking show
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I know 'cause last weekend I picked up a copy of her 1940 cookbook, "Kate Smith's Favorite Recipes, Anniversary Edition"
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The cover is worth framing
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It shows a very young Kate Smith in her signature dress wearing a French maid type apron, bent forward a bit at the waist and holding a wood
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She looks mostly like a clean shaven Dom Deluise in drag getting ready to whack some unruly kid's knuckles
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The sponsors of her show were Calumet Baking Powder and Swan's Down Cake Flour, both of which I believe are still going concerns