Dora's cook book

One cup sour milk, one cup molasses, one-half cup but- ter, two eggs, one tablespoonful ginger, one spoonful soda. - Bh a 8 vos Mix the butter, molasses and ginger together, then add — : milk, eggs, and flour enough to make it as thick asa pound cake. SUGAR CAKES. ' Three cups sugar, two cups butter, three eggs well beaten, one teaspoon soda, enough flour to roll. DORA’S DOUGHNUTS. One egg, one cup rich milk, one cup sugar, flour enough to roll out, three teaspoons baking powder. COCOANUT JUMBLES. “ Two cups sugar, one cup butter, two cups cocoanut, two eggs, small teaspoon soda mixed with flour enough to make a stiff batter. Drop heaping teaspoons on buttered paper in pans. BIRDIE’S FAVORITE DOUGHNUTS. One pint sour milk, one cup sugar, two eggs, one teaspoon soda, half cup lard, nutmeg to flavor; mix to a moderately stiff dough, roll up half inch in thickness, cut in rings or twists, drop into boiling lard, and fry toa light brown. WATER MELON CAKE. WHITE PART. Two cups white sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet — milk, three and a-half cups of flour, whites of eight eggs, _ CAKES. - a 719T two teaspoons cream of tartar, one teaspoon soda dissolved in warm water. RED PART, One cup red sugar, half cup butter, one-third cup sweet milk, two cups flour, whites of four eggs, one teaspoon cream of tartar, half teaspoon soda, one teacup raisins. Be careful to keep the red part around the tube of the pan and the white around the edge. It requires two persons to fill the pan. LILY OF THE VALLEY CAKE, One cup butter, one cup sweet milk, three cups of flour, whites of five eggs, two teaspoons baking powder. CITRON CAKE, One and a-half cups of sugar, three-fourths cup butter, one teacup citron, sliced very fine, two eggs beaten separate ; stir butter and sugar toa cream; two teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon of vanilla. VARIETY CAKE. Four eggs, one and a-half cups white sugar, one and -a-half cups butter, one cup sweet milk, two and a-half eups flour, one cup raisins, and spice to taste for the dark part. Frosting between the light cake, and jelly for the dark. Just use two of the yolks for the cake, if you choose’ OAKES, 193 A PILLINGS <7 One cup of melted sugar; while boiling, stir in the white of an ege, beaten to a stiff froth, and a-half teacup of chopped raisins. | COOKIES. Two eggs, one cup of brown sugar, one cup lard, onehalf cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, two tablespoons baking powder, and flour enough to roll, GINGER COOKIES. One cup of sugar, two cups of molasses, one cup butter, one cup hot water, two tablespoons ginger, two table- - spoons of baking powder, and flour enough to roll. GINGER SNAPS. _ Qne cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, two tablespoons ginger, two tablespoons baking powder, and flour enough to roll. | ONE EGG CAKE. One egg, whipped until very light, put into a teacup, and the cup filled with sweet cream, one teacup of white sugar, one coffee cup of flour, one teaspoonful baking powder, a little salt. Flavor to taste. MARBLE CAKE, DARK PART. s) One-half cup butter, one half cup molasses, one-half : cup of sugar, yolks of four eggs, one-third cup milk, with if FO 194 oi DORA'S COOK BOOK." rr rea : a piece of soda the size of a pea, half a teaspoonful of mace, allspice and cinnamon, one nutmeg, one teaspoonful of cloves. LIGHT PART, The whites of four eggs beaten to a froth, half a cup of , butter, one cup of sugar, one-third cup of milk, with a piece of soda the size of a pea, one and three-quarter cups of flour; flavor with almond. First put a layer of light, then one of dark. This makes a large cake. COCOANUT CAKE.