The farm cook & rule book

1 teaspoonful soda 1 teaspoonful ginger 2 cupfuls flour % cupful raisins 24 English walnuts Add the sugar to the meat drippings and beat thoroughly with a spoon. Then add the well beaten egg yolk and the molasses in which the soda, first dissolved in a little water, has been stirred. Sift the flour and add the salt, spices, chopped raisins and nutmeats. Add this mixture alternately with the milk. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg white. Bake as a loaf. English Cake 1 cupful butter 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 2 cupfuls sugar 1 teaspoonful allspice 5 eggs 1 teaspoonful cloves 1 cupful black coffee 3^ cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful soda 1 pound raisins 1 pound currants Cream the butter with a spoon and stir in the sugar, beating thoroughly. Then add the well beaten egg yolks. Divide the flour into two parts and to one add the soda and to the other add the spices, raisins and currants. Add these flour mixtures alternately with the coffee infusion. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites and bake in two loaves. Sour Milk Cake Vo cupful butter % cupful sour milk 2 cupfuls brown sugar i^ cupful cold water 2 squares chocolate 21^ cupfuls flour 2 eggs 1 teaspoonful soda Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until the mixture is creamy and light, then add the chocolate which has been melted over hot water. Stir in the beaten egg yolks. Sift the flour and soda together and add to the batter alternately with the milk and water. Bake in layers and use brown sugar filling between the layers and a chocolate icing on top. Caramel Cake 4 cupful sugar 1 tablespoonful caramelized sugar 4 cupful butter 1% cupfuls flour 1 egg iy2 teaspoonfuls baking powder % cupful water % teaspoonful vanilla Cream the butter and add the granulated sugar. Beat until light and add the well beaten egg yolk. Caramelize the sugar by melting it in a frying pan without adding water and stirring constantly until the mass is a light golden brown. Dissolve this in the water. Sift the baking powder and flour together and add this mixture alternately with the water in which the caramelized sugar has been dissolved. Add the vanilla and fold in the stiffly beaten egg white. Bake in a loaf and ice with a burnt sugar icing. Spice Cake 6 tablespoonfuls shortening 1 cupful raisins 1 cupful brown sugar % teaspoonful salt Vs cupful granulated sugar 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 eggs % teaspoonful cinnamon % cupful coffee infusion % teaspoonful cloves 1% cupfuls flour % teaspoonful nutmeg Cream the shortening and beat until light. Add the sugar and beat thoroughly. Sift the dry ingredients together, add the raisins and then combine the egg yolks with the left-over coffee. Alternately add the flour and the coffee mixture. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites and bake in a loaf 45 minutes in a moderate oven. Apple Cake 1 cupful sugar 1 tablespoonful cocoa % cupful apple sauce 1 teaspoonful cinnamon % cupful sour cream % teaspoonful cloves 1% teaspoonfuls soda 1 cupful raisins 2 cupfuls flour Mix the sugar, sour cream and the apple sauce together and add the soda to this mixture. Stir in the other ingredients, chopping and flouring the raisins. Ruth's Boiled Cake ^2 cupful sugar % cupful flour 4 tablespoonfuls cold water 1 teaspoonful baking powder 3 eggs % teaspoonful salt % teaspoonful vanilla