The Institute cook book

1 cup milk 1/2 cup sugar 11/2 tablespoons cornstarch Yolk of 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla Cook like any other custard in a double boiler. JELLY ROLL 3 eggs Vz cup cold water iVi cups sugar Juice of Vi lemon 2 cups flour Vi teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder Beat the yolks with the sugar; add the liquid and sifted dry ingredients alternately; fold in the beaten whites and pour into shallow buttered tins, using only enough batter to cover the bottom of the pan. Bake about twelve minutes in a moderate oven; turn out on a paper well dusted with powdered sugar; cut off a thin strip from the sides and ends of the cake; spread with jelly and quickly roll. After the cake has been rolled wrap paper around it so that it will keep its shape. POTATO-FLOUR CAKE Yolks of 4 eggs 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla V2 cup potato flour Whites of 4 eggs Beat the yolks of the eggs very light with the sugar; add the potato flour and baking powder; flavor; fold in the whites carefully and pour the mixture into a buttered tin. Bake in a very slow oven for about thirty-five minutes. Planned for a Family of Four POUND CAKE 1 poiind butter 10 eggs 1 pound sugar Vi teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 pound flour 2 teaspoons vanilla Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the yolks of the eggs beaten light; then beat the whites to a stiff froth and add them alternately with the flour; flavor; put in two deep, buttered pans and bake in a moderate oven from forty to fifty minutes. ORANGE CAKE 1/2 pound butter Rind of 1 orange 1/2 pound sugar Juice of 2 oranges V2 pound flour 1 even teaspoon soda 5 eggs 1 teaspoon hot water Mix like pound cake, beating the oranges into the sugar and butter and adding the soda dissolved in hot water last. Bake in a slow oven until thoroughly done. BUTTER CAKE 1% cups flour IV2 cups powdered sugai 1 cup butter Vz teaspoon baking powder 5 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla Beat the butter and flour to a cream; add the yolks, then the beaten whites, and last the sugar, baking powder and vanilla. PEGGY CAKE iVi cups sugar V2 cup milk 1/2 cup butter 2 cups flour 3 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder Little grated nutmeg Mix hke pound cake, adding the baking powder last. Bake in shallow tins or in a Turk's head. GOLD CAKE 3/4 cup butter 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar % cup milk Yolks of 2 eggs IV2 teaspoons baking powder Little grated nutmeg Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the eggs, then the sifted flour and baking powder alternately with the milk. Flavor with a little grated nutmeg. Planned for a Family of Four SILVER CAKE 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 6 ounces butter 2 teaspoons baking powder Whites of 2 eggs Vz cup cream 1 teaspoon vanilla Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the stiffly beaten whites of eggs, then the sifted flour and baking powder; last add the cream and flavoring. PLAIN CAKE Vi cup butter 1/2 cup milk 1 cup sugar 11/2 cups flour 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the beaten yolks and beat all well; then add the milk alternately with the sifted flour and baking powder; Last of all add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth, and the flavoring. Bake in one pan or in small gem pans. BLUEBERRY CAKE Vi cup butter 1 cup milk