Golden Cakes
Medium French Dinner

Golden Cakes

Total Time
39 min
15m prep · 24m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This is an old recipe from the 1923 era. Frost with boiled frosting, using whites of eggs in frosting. Decorate with maraschino cherries.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 cups butter , softened
  • 1.5 cups white sugar
  • 4 eggs yolks
  • 1 egg white
  • 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 0.5 cups milk
  • 0.25 teaspoons almond extract
  • 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 15 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, beat together egg yolks and egg white. Beat the egg mixture into the butter and sugar.

  3. 3

    In a separate bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. Stir flour into egg mixture alternately with milk. Stir in almond and vanilla extracts. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.

  4. 4

    Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean.

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