Dora's cook book

Mix a pound and a half of flour and a pound brown sugar, eight eggs beaten separately, an ounce of seeds to the taste, two spoonfuls of yeast, and the same of milk and water. : WEDDING CAKE, Fifty eggs, five pounds sugar, five pounds flour, five pounds butter, fifteen pounds raisins, three pounds citron, & - th ten pounds currants, one pint brandy, one-fourth ounce cloves, one ounce cinnamon, four ounces of mace, four ounces nutmeg. This makes forty-three pounds, and keeps twenty years. ALMOND CAKE. Two cups sugar, three-fourths cup butter, one cup sweet milk, two cups flour, and one cup of cornstarch well mixed, whites of six eggs, two teaspoons cream of tartar in the flour, one teaspoon soda in the milk ; cream the butter and sugar, add milk gradually, then the whites of eggs together with the flour, and bake in jelly-tins. To put between layers, take two pounds almonds, blanch and pound fine in a mortar (or fine cloth will do) beat whites and yolks of two eggs together lightly, add a cup and a-half sugar, then the almonds with a tablespoon vanilla. EXCELLENT RICE CAKE. One-half pound rice flour, six eggs, one-half pound white sugar. Beat all together for half an hour. BUTTERMILK CAKE, One cup butter, two cups buttermilk, three cups sugar, four eggs, five cups flour, soda enough to sweeten the buttermilk. COFFEE CAKE. Three cups of flour, one cup butter, one cup molasses, one cup of coffee prepared as for table; one cup sugar, a — 3 vat € a ‘ psi: ¢ pee ee) cares LON A De f one pound of raisins, spice to taste, and few teaspoons a of baking powder. ; | CHARITY CAKE, Two eggs, four tablespoonfuls sugar, piece of butter size of a walnut, three teaspoonsful baking powder, nutmeg, flour to roll out; cut in cakes. " + LIGHT GINGERBREAD. One quart of flour, two tablespoonfuls butter, six eggs, and a teaspoonful soda, mixed in a pint of molasses. ‘EVERY DAY CAKE. . Four cups flour, two cups sugar, two cups sour milk, one teaspoonful butter, one teaspoonful soda, one nutmeg, one cup of raisins. SUGAR CAKE. One coffee cup butter, three cups sugar, one cup cold water, three teaspoons baking powder, a little ginger ; roll thin, and cut with tin. QUEEN VICTORIA CAKE, ‘ , One pound flour, one pound sugar, one pound butter, : eight eggs, beaten separately ; flavor with lemon. aR Me : SNOW CAKE, a renee One pound of flour, one pound sugar, half a pound butter, whites of sixteen eggs and a teaspoonful of baking ~ i. powder. 1 Bai 5 dy sae PEARL'S CAKE. Yolks of eleven eggs, two cups sugar, one cup butter; ~ one cup milk, one teaspoon cream of tartar, one-half teaspoon soda, three cups flour, and flavor with vanilla. ‘ LADY FINGERS. Two eggs, one cup sugar, one-half cup sweet milk, two teaspoons baking powder ; add enough flour to form a . dough. Take a small piece of dough, flour it and roll with your hands as large as your finger; cut off in four inch lengths and put closely in buttered tins. Bake quickly. WATER CAKE. Three eggs, two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup cold water, three cups flour, one teaspoon cream of tartar, half teaspoon soda, one nutmeg. nes CIDER CAKE. Four and a-half cups flour, four and two-third cups sugar, three-fourths cup butter, one coffee-cup sweet cider, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon. PET’S CORN-STARCH CAKE. The whites of four eggs, two cups sugar, two-thirds = cup butter, one cup sweet milk, one cup corn-starch, two cups flour, two teaspoons cream of tartar, one teaspoon CAKES | Tate ONE soda, and one teaspoon of lemon extract. Bake three-quarters of an hour with a steady fire. MINERVA’S JELLY ROLL.