Velvet Cake

9 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c. butter
  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/2 c. cold water
  • 1 1/2 c. flour
  • 1/2 c. cornstarch
  • 4 tsp. baking powder
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 c. almonds, blanched and shredded

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream the butter.
  2. 2
    Add sugar gradually, yolk of eggs well beaten and water.
  3. 3
    Mix and sift flour, cornstarch and baking powder.
  4. 4
    Add to first mixture.
  5. 5
    Then add whites of eggs beaten until stiff.
  6. 6
    After putting in pan, cover with almonds and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
  7. 7
    Bake forty minutes in a moderate oven.

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