Texas Cake

A “Texas Cake” recipe existed in the 19th century.
 

Tested Recipe Cook Book
compiled by Mrs. Henry Lumpkin Wilson
Atlanta, GA: The Foote & Davies Company
1895
Pg. 56:
Texas Cake.—Five cups of flour, 3 cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sweet milk, whites of 1 dozen eggs, 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon of soda.