recipe · 1921-12

Individual Layer Cakes

Good Housekeeping 1921-12: Vol 73 Iss 6 · Page n59

Editorial context

These miniature triple-layer cakes are constructed using thin layers baked in greased lids of baking powder cans or small confectioners' pans. The base batter refers directly to the "cup cake variety" formula given immediately preceding it on the page for the Little House Cake.

Original

Individual Layer Cakes are always pop- ular; the same cup cake formula may be used in their making and the batter placed very thinly in the greased covers of bak- ing-powder cans or in the tiny layer- cake pans which are sold in confec- tioners’ supply houses. Put the little cakes together in threes with any pre- ferred filling, and ice or decorate them to suit the occasion. They may be marked with a C for Christmas, or the initial of the individual, and three tiny red candles inserted.

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At the source

Publication: Good Housekeeping 1921-12: Vol 73 Iss 6
Issue date: 1921-12
Volume: 73
Issue: 6
Page / locator: n59
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Public rights statementThis material was originally published in the United States in 1921 and is believed to be in the public domain in the United States. Source: Good Housekeeping 1921-12: Vol 73 Iss 6, 1921-12-01, page n59, via https://archive.org/details/sim_good-housekeeping_1921-12_73_6. Repastory is not affiliated with or endorsed by Good Housekeeping 1921-12: Vol 73 Iss 6 or its current owner. Rights may vary outside the United States.

Recipe

Ingredients

cup cake batter
filling, as preferred
icing
3 tiny candles red candles

Directions

Place the cup cake batter very thinly in greased covers of baking-powder cans or in tiny layer-cake pans. Bake and allow to cool. Assemble the little cakes in stacks of three with preferred filling between the layers. Ice and decorate as desired, optionally marking each cake with a "C" for Christmas or an individual's initial, and insert three tiny red candles.

Item type: recipe
Yield: Not stated
Timing: Not stated
Temperature: Not stated
Equipment: covers of baking-powder cans or tiny layer-cake pans

Names & connections

Holiday Bakingtopic · seasonal context
Small Cakestopic · dish category

Source context

publication context

Little House Cake Cupcake Formula Reference

The cake mix- ture is of the cup cake variety, very good, but net calculated to make any child regret-the party. Here it is: Three-fourths cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, three cupfuls of pastry flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, four eggs, one cup- ful of milk, one teaspoonful of grated orange rind, and one-fourth teaspoon- ful of mace.

Good Housekeeping 1921-12: Vol 73 Iss 6 · Page n59 · View context source ↗

Source evidence: The cake mix- ture is of the cup cake variety, very good, but net calculated to make any child regret-the party. Here it is: Three-fourths cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, three cupfuls of pastry flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, four eggs, one cup- ful of milk, one teaspoonful of grated orange rind, and one-fourth teaspoon- ful of mace.

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