The household cook book

TUTTI FRUTTI FILLING.— Make a soft icing with whites of 2 eggs, well beaten, and pulverized sugar. Flavor with vanilla or lemon if desired. Then stir into it ^ cup best raisins, seeded and chopped fine, 2 tablespoons currants, washed, dried and picked, 2 tablespoons orange marmalade. Enough for 2 good sized layer cakes. Other combinations of fruit can be easily devised by the ingenious cook, and stirred into a soft icing. Almonds (chopped), raisins (seeded and chopped) and cocoanut make a nice combination. So do figs, almonds and citron. i cup butter. 1 pint flour. 1 cup sugar (heaping). 2 level teaspoons baking i cup milk. powder. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon lemon extract. Bake in layers. This is a standard recipe. It can be varied, if desired, by using i to 1 cup of corn=starch in place of that much flour, and 4 to 6 eggs could be used if preferred; also rich cream instead of milk, and any other extract instead of the lemon. Use any of the preceding fillings desired. i cup butter. 3 cups flour. 1 cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 2 cups sugar. Any flavoring desired. 3 eggs. Bake in layers. Filling. — Use 1 cup milk; 2 eggs; i cup sugar; lump of butter the size of a large hickory nut; any flavoring desired. Bring the milk to a boil; thicken the Qgg with flour and add to the boiling milk. When off the fire stir in 1 cup cocoanut. Also sprinkle cocoanut over the top of cake when it is done. ALMOND CAKE. 1 cup butter. 3 eggs. 2 cup sugar. 4 cups flour. 1 cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Bake in layers and use the almond filling given among our fillings. APPLE JELLY CAKE. 2 tablespoons butter. 1 egg. 1 cup sugar. 2 cups flour. 1 cup sweet milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Bake in layers, and use the apple filling given among the previous fillings. CHOCOLATE CAKE No. 1. i cup butter. 4 eggs. 2 cups powdered sugar. 2 cups flour (well filled). i cup sweet milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Divide into 3 parts and bake 2 layers as mixed. Into the third part mix i cup grated chocolate and bake. For the icing, boil 1 cup white sugar and 3 spoonfuls water till it ropes; add the white of an egg and beat together until white. Ice each layer, putting the dark layer in the center, and ice the top. BEATEN CREAM CAKE. i cup butter. 3 whites of eggs. 1 cup sugar. 2 cups flour. I cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Bake in 3 layers and put together with thick sweet cream beaten with a little pulverized sugar. Or use the " mock whipped cream " given among the fillings. CHEAP CREAM CAKE. 1 tablespoon butter. 1 egg. 1 cup sugar. 2 cups flour. 1 cup sweet milk. 1 teaspoon baking powder. Add 1 teaspoon of any flavoring and bake in layers. Use the cream filling given among our fillings. CHOCOLATE CAKE No. 2. i cup butter. 2 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 2 cups flour, i cup sweet milk. li teaspoons baking powder. Bake in layers. Chocolate Cream For Filling. — Take i cup milk, yolk of 1 egg, i cup chocolate, 1 teaspoon vanilla; sweeten to taste; boil until thick as jelly. Spread between layers when cold. COCOANUT CAKE. 1 cup butter. 10 whites of eggs. 2 cups sugar. 3i cups flour. 1 cup sweet milk. 2i teaspoons baking powder.