Lincoln Douglas Cake

Ingredients

• 1 12 cups butter
• 4 cups granulated sugar
• 5 cups pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 14 cups milk
• 1 12 teaspoons almond extract
• 16 egg whites

Instructions

1. These are the directions but also the way the recipe was written instead of an ingredient list.
2. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE DIRECTIONS FIRST:.
3. Cream 1 1/2 cup butter, adding gradually 4 cups fine granulated sugar.
4. Beat 10 minutes [by hand]; add gradually 5 cups pastry flour which was sifted 3 times with 1 teaspoon soda and 3 teaspoons cream of tartar to first mix.
5. Alternate the flour mix with 1 1/4 cups milk beating constantly [by hand] Add 1 1/2 tsp almond extract; use a wooden spoon with slits at this point, fold in 16 egg whites beaten until stiff and dry.
6. Turn into a large tube pan [12x4 in] well buttered and bottom lined with buttered paper.
7. Bake 1 1/4 hours in a moderate oven.
8. Spread with Ice Cream Frosting.