Snow-mountain Cake

From a
1902
cook book
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Cream until very light
1/2 pt. of Butter;
add slowly,
stirring all the time,
1 pt. of pulverized White Sugar,
and when the mixture is light,
add 1/2 pt. of New Milk;
when well mixed,
add the Yolks of 5 Eggs.
Rub thoroughly into
1 heaping Qt. of Flour,
2 tsp. of Baking Powder,
sift,
then stir in the Butter,
alternating with the beaten Whites of 3 of the Eggs,
reserving the other 2 for the Icing.
Either bake in pans or jelly-plates;
in the latter case,
put a Chocolate Icing between the layers
of 3 of the Cakes,
and the other 3 the beaten Whites of the 2 Eggs,
adding 4 tsp. of fine Powdered Sugar;
on top of each layer of Cake and Icing.
Put on Grated Coconut. {optional.
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