Snow Cake

Snow Cake...

From the recipe boxes on display at the Canton Township Historical Museum.

Shortening, 1/2 cup.
Granulated sugar, 1 cup.
Cold water, 1/2 cup.
Vanilla, 1 teaspoons (or same amount almond extract).
Flour, 2 cups.
Baking powder, 2 teaspoons.
Egg whites, 3.

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add water very slowly while beating constantly. Stir in flour and baking powder which have sifted together twice; add flavoring. Fold in whites of eggs which have been beaten stiff. Bake in 2 buttered cake tins in a moderate oven 18 to 20 minutes. Put together with fresh strawberry icing. To make the strawberry icing place 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup diced strawberries and 1 unbeaten egg white in bowl and beat for 20 minutes, then spread on cake.