Around-the-world cook book

Seeded raisins, 1 cup, Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Cloves, 1 teaspoon. Mace, 1 teaspoon. Baking-soda, 1 teaspoon, Cold coffee, 14 cup. Mix well. The baking-soda must be dissolved in the coffee. Bake in a loaf, and when done, turn out, and ice the bottom and sides with white frosting. POUND CAKE, NO. 1 Flour, 1 pound. Butter, 1 pound. Sugar, 1 pound, Eggs, 12, Brandy, 1 tablespoon, Mace, 1 salt spoon. Cream the butter and sugar ; beat the whites and the yolks of the eggs separately, and very light. Add the brandy and mace to the creamed butter and sugar. Stir in the yolks, and after beating hard for a couple of minutes, then add the flour and the beaten whites of the eggs, alternately, whipping them lightly, but not stirring after they have gone in. A pound-cake batter should be as stiff as it can be stirred. Bake in brick tins, or in small pans, in a steady oven, covering with paper to prevent too quick browning. POUND CAKE, NO. 2 Butter, % pound, Sugar, 1 pound, Eggs, 10, Flour, IVi pounds, Rosewater, 1 teaspoon. Brandy, 2 teaspoons. Beat the butter and sugar until very light. Add the yolks of the eggs, and beat them together. Whip the whites of the eggs and stir them in, gently, with the flour, into the mixture. Use 11/4 pounds of flour, and if too soft, add more. Add 1 spoonful of rosewater, and 2 of brandy. Bake slowly. WHITE CAKE Flour, 2 cups, Sugar, 1 cup. Baking-powder, 2 teaspoons, Egg, 1 (white only). Milk, 1 cup, Butter, 2 tablespoons, Salt. Sift the flour, sugar, baking-powder, and a pinch of salt together twice. Take the white of the egg in a cup, and fill the cup with milk. Add to it, 2 tablespoons of soft butter, and then put all together, and stir well, as therein lies the secret of good making. This cake is as equally well baked in a sheet, or in a loaf, or in layers-; and is very cheaply made. BRIDGET CAKE Butter, 1 cup, Sugar, 2 cups. Flour, 31/2 cups. Milk, 1 cup. Baking-powder (mixed with the flour), 1 teaspoon. Stir well, bake in a loaf in a slow oven. DRIED APPLE CAKE Dried apples, 3 cups, Molasses, 3 cups, Sugar, 1 cup. Sour milk, 1 cup. Flour, 3 cups, Eggs, 2, Butter, % cupful. Stoned raisins, 1 cup. Soda, 2 teaspoons. Ground cloves, 1 teaspoon, Ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Soak the apples overnight. Chop them fine and simmer in the molasses for 2 hours, and let them cool. When cold, add all the other ingredients, the eggs being well beaten ; stir all thoroughly together and pour into a large tin, and bake in a slow oven. GERMAN LOAF CAKE Flour, 4 pounds, Butter, 1% pounds, Sugar, 1½ pounds. Sweet almonds, y^ pound, Bitter almonds, i/4 pound, Citron, 6 ounces, Eggs, 4, Raisins, 1 pound, Currants, 1 pound, Warm milk, 1 quart, Seasoning, spices, and rosewater. Make the dough with flour, etc., and set it to rise with yeast. The butter and other ingredients are worked in afterwards. SOFT GINGERBREAD Flour, 4 cups, Sugar, 1 cup, Molasses, 2 cups. Butter, 1 cup, Sour milk, 1 cup, Eggs, 3, Soda, 1 teaspoon. Ginger, 1 teaspoon, Ground cloves, 1 teaspoon, Mace and salt. Mix all together, and bake in a moderate oven. MEASURED ANGEL CAKE Flour, 1 cup, Sugar, iy2 cups, Eggs, 9, or 11, according to size.