One-half cup of butter, one and one-half cups of powdered or fine granulated sugar, one-half cup of water, one-quarter cup of corn starch, two cups of sifted pastry flour, two and one-half level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-eighth teaspoonful of extract of bitter almonds, one-half teaspoonful of vanilla, whites of six eggs. Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually and beat until creamy, add the water and flour (containing the baking powder) alternately, a little at a time, next add the flavoring and last cut in carefully the egg whites beaten very stiff. Put in a cake pan and bake in a slow oven one hour.