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Moonshine Cake
Ingredients:
Whites 10 eggs
Yolks 7 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
7/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup pastry flour
Directions
Add salt to whites of eggs and beat until light. Sift in cream
of tartar and beat until stiff. Beat yolks of eggs until thick
and lemon colored and add two heaping table-spoons beaten
whites. To remaining whites add gradually sugar measured after
five siftings. Add almond extract and combine mixtures. Cut and
fold in flour, measured after five siftings. Bake in angel-cake
pan, first dipped in cold water, in a slow oven one hour. Have a
pan of hot water in oven during the baking. Cover with
Maraschino Frosting. Follow recipe for Ice Cream Frosting,
adding to sugar one-half teaspoon cream of tartar, and flavor
with maraschino. Sprinkle with almonds blanched, shredded, and
baked until delicately browned.
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