White Layer

One-half cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of water, three cups of sifted flour, three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoon of vanilla, whites of four eggs. Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, continuing the creaming, then add the water and flour a little at a time, having the baking powder sifted with the flour; continue stirring until the water and flour are all used. Now add the vanilla and well-beaten whites of the eggs, stir just enough to mix, and pour into three large or four small layer cake pans, and bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes.

White Layer Cake

One-third cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of water, one and seven-eighths cups of sifted pastry flour, two and one-half level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, three-quarters of a teaspoonful of vanilla, whites of four eggs. Mix same as bride's cake; bake in two layers about twenty minutes.