der.
Cream butter with half the flour, add whites well beaten into
which the sugar has been folded and slightly stirred. Then add
remainder of flour in which baking powder has been sifted and
milk, adding and beating alternately a little of the flour and then a
little milk. Stir in cocoanut, nuts (chopped) and shredded citron.
Leaving out fruits from above mixture makes a beautiful white
cake when baked in a large tube pan and heavily iced, or makes
lovely small cakes for parties if baked in large square pan, iced
thickly on top, cut into squares before icing is set hard, a half of
English walnut, pecan or crystallized rose pressed lightly into top
of each square.
Mrs. Robert Andoe.
BIRTHDAY CAKE.
1 cup (I/2 lb.) butter. 1 t-spoon grated nutmeg.
2 cups (1 lb.) sugar. 1 t-spoon Royal baking pow-
4 eggs. der.
1 cup (I/2 pt.) milk. 4 cups flour.
1 cup (60Z.) Sultana raisins. 1 wine glass brandy or fruit
1/^ cup currants. juice.
14 t-spoon salt. 1/2 cup" shredded citro✪ Birthday Caken.
Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time,
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and beat well. Add milk, fruit and brandy, also flour sifted with
baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Pour into a well greased papered
cake tin. Bake in a moderate oven two hours. Turn out, and when
cool cover with white frosting. If desired, this cake may be dec-
orated with tiny shamrocks and candles. This is sufficient for
14 to 16 persons.
Mrs. Henry A. Manning.
JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE.
1 cup butter. 1 cup milk.
2 cups sugar. 1 level tbls. baking powder.
3 cups flour. 1 t-spoon each cloves and spice
4 eggs. 1 t-spoon cinnamon.
1 t-spoon vanilla. 1/2 lb. seeded raisins✪ Japanese Fruit Cake.
Cream butter and sugar thoroughly, add well beaten egg yolks
Then add gradually the cup of milk. Put baking powder in flour,
sift and add to mixture, alternating with well beaten egg whites.
Divide this batter into 3 parts. Into one, put cloves, cinnamon,
spice and raisins floured. Cook in layers.
FILLING.
2 lemons. 1 cup water.
2 cups sugar. 1 tbls. corn starch.
1 cocoanut.
Add juice of lemons and rind grated, sugar and cocoanut to
water (boiling) . Add corn starch and cook until mixture drops in
lumps from a spoon. Spread between layers and ice with plain
white icing.
Mrs. Fount Lane,
Roanoke, Ala.
EXCELLENT FRUIT CAKE.
2 scant cups butter. 4 cups sifted flour.
3 cups dark brown sugar. 1 level t-spoon soda.
6 eggs. 1 wine glass of wine or grape
1 lb. seeded raisins. juice.
1 lb. currants. 1/2 nutmeg.
1 lb. citron (cut in thin strips). 1 tbls. cinnamon.
1/2 cup molasses. 1 t-spoon cloves.
i/> cup sour milk. 1 t-spoon mace✪ Excellent Fruit Cake.
" Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly ; add grated nut-
meg, cinnamon, cloves and mace. Stir in molasses and sour milk,
beat well. Add stiffly beaten egg yolks and the wine, stir again
thoroughly. Add sifted flour, alternating with well beaten egg
whites ; add soda dissolved in a little water. Dredge cut up fruit
with 2 heaping tbls. flour and mix thoroughly in the cake. Grease
two average size baking pans, line with greased paper and bake
in moderate oven 2 hours. Let cool in pan.
Mrs. J. L. Minson.
CAKES, COOKIES AND ICINGS
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JAM CAKE.
2 cups sugar.
2/3 cup butter.
1
2
1 t-spoon soda.
4 cups sifted flour.
6 eggs.
1 t-spoon each of cloves
nutmeg,
lb. seedless raisins.
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der. Cream butter with half the flour, add whites well beaten into which the sugar has been folded and slightly stirred. Then add remainder of flour in which baking powder has been sifted and milk, adding and beating alternately a little of the flour and then a little milk. Stir in cocoanut, nuts (chopped) and shredded citron. Leaving out fruits from above mixture makes a beautiful white cake when baked in a large tube pan and heavily iced, or makes lovely small cakes for parties if baked in large square pan, iced thickly on top, cut into squares before icing is set hard, a half of English walnut, pecan or crystallized rose pressed lightly into top of each square.
Mrs. Robert Andoe.
BIRTHDAY CAKE.
1 cup (I/2 lb.) butter. 1 t-spoon grated nutmeg.
2 cups (1 lb.) sugar. 1 t-spoon Royal baking pow-
4 eggs. der.
1 cup (I/2 pt.) milk. 4 cups flour.
1 cup (60Z.) Sultana raisins. 1 wine glass brandy or fruit
1/^ cup currants. juice.
14 t-spoon salt. 1/2 cup shredded citron.
Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time,
and beat well. Add milk, fruit and brandy, also flour sifted with baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Pour into a well greased papered cake tin. Bake in a moderate oven two hours. Turn out, and when cool cover with white frosting. If desired, this cake may be decorated with tiny shamrocks and candles. This is sufficient for 14 to 16 persons.
Mrs. Henry A. Manning.
JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE.
1 cup butter. 1 cup milk.
2 cups sugar. 1 level tbls. baking powder.
3 cups flour. 1 t-spoon each cloves and spice
4 eggs. 1 t-spoon cinnamon.
1 t-spoon vanilla. 1/2 lb. seeded raisins.
Cream butter and sugar thoroughly, add well beaten egg yolks Then add gradually the cup of milk. Put baking powder in flour, sift and add to mixture, alternating with well beaten egg whites. Divide this batter into 3 parts. Into one, put cloves, cinnamon, spice and raisins floured. Cook in layers.
2 lemons. 1 cup water.
2 cups sugar. 1 tbls. corn starch.
1 cocoanut.
Add juice of lemons and rind grated, sugar and cocoanut to water (boiling) . Add corn starch and cook until mixture drops in lumps from a spoon. Spread between layers and ice with plain white icing.
Mrs. Fount Lane, Roanoke, Ala.
EXCELLENT FRUIT CAKE.
2 scant cups butter. 4 cups sifted flour.
3 cups dark brown sugar. 1 level t-spoon soda.
6 eggs. 1 wine glass of wine or grape
1 lb. seeded raisins. juice.
1 lb. currants. 1/2 nutmeg.
1 lb. citron (cut in thin strips). 1 tbls. cinnamon.
1/2 cup molasses. 1 t-spoon cloves.
i/> cup sour milk. 1 t-spoon mace.
" Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly ; add grated nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and mace. Stir in molasses and sour milk, beat well. Add stiffly beaten egg yolks and the wine, stir again thoroughly. Add sifted flour, alternating with well beaten egg whites ; add soda dissolved in a little water. Dredge cut up fruit with 2 heaping tbls. flour and mix thoroughly in the cake. Grease two average size baking pans, line with greased paper and bake in moderate oven 2 hours. Let cool in pan.
Mrs. J. L. Minson.
JAM CAKE.
2 cups sugar.
2/3 cup butter.
1 t-spoon soda. 4 cups sifted flour. 6 eggs.
1 t-spoon each of cloves nutmeg, lb. seedless raisins.
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