The household cook book

1 teaspoon of flavoring. Mix the flour, sugar, corn-starch and baking powder together dry, sifting all several times, and stirring thoroughly; then add the eggs and lemon flavor, and bake immediately. It is best baked in a long deep pan. — It also makes an excellent roll jelly cake; this quantity is enough for 2 large rolls; bake in long shallow tins; as soon as done, remove on a clean cloth, spread with jelly, and roll up at once. CREAM SPONGE CAKE. 2 eggs, broken into , 2 cups sifted flour. 1 teacup of cream. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup white sugar. 1 teaspoon of flavoring. A pinch of salt. Beat together for 5 or 10 minutes. Bake in a square baking tin about i hour. SPICE CAKE. i cup butter (scant). 21 cups flour. 2 cups brown sugar. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 cup sour milk. 2 teaspoons cinnamon. 2 yolks of eggs. 1 teaspoon allspice. I white of egg. i teaspoon cloves. h nutmeg, grated. SUNSHINE CAKE. 1 cup granulated sugar. | cup of flour. Whites of 7 small eggs. i teaspoon cream of tartar. Yolks of 5 small eggs. A pinch of salt. Beat yolks; beat whites about half, add cream of tartar and beat until very stiff; stir the sugar in lightly, then stir beaten yolks in thoroughly; add flour last. Put in a tube pan, if you have it, and bake 35 to 50 minutes, in a slow oven. TENNESSEE CAKE. i cup butter. 1 full teaspoon baking 1 cup sugar. powder, i cup milk. 1 cup currants. li cups flour. A few slices citron. Cloves and nutmeg. Bake in sheets, ice, and cut in squares. TROY CAKE. i cup butter. 5 whites of eggs. li cups sugar. 3 cups flour. 1 cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Divide the mixture and color i with strawberry coloring, and flavor with vanilla; flavor the other part with lemon. Put in the white, then the pink part, and bake slowly. WEDDING CAKE. 4 full cups butter. 18 eggs, beaten separately. 4 cups white sugar, heaped. 4 cups flour. 1 cup molasses. 1 teaspoon saleratus. Juice of 2 lemons. i cup citron cut thin and 3 tablespoons cloves small. (ground). 4 cups seedless raisins. 2 tablespoons each of 4 cups currants, mace, allspice and nutmeg. Cream the butter and add the sugar, then the molasses, lemon and spices, then the beaten yolks, beating all well together, then the flour with saleratus sifted in, and last the beaten whites; beat all together thoroughly. Flour the fruit and add last. Bake slowly 4 hours, or longer if needed. The cake will keep for years. WHITE CAKE. h cup butter. H cups flour. 1 cup white sugar. 2 teaspoons baking powder. i cup sweet milk. Flavor with lemon or va- 3 whites of eggs. nilla. WATERMELON CAKE. i cup butter. 2 cups flour. 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon cream tartar. h cup sweet milk. i teaspoon soda. 3 whites of eggs. Flavor with lemon. Take a little more than i of the mixture and to it add 1 teaspoon liquid cochineal and i cup raisins. Put the red part in the center and bake. Cover with a frosting colored green with spinach. WHITE CAKE {Without Eggs). 3 tablespoons nice fat. 2 teaspoons cream tartar. 1 cup granulated sugar. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 cup milk. Nutmeg or any flavoring 2i cups flour. desired. Add raisins or currants if liked; bake in a rather slow oven. It resembles old fashioned election cake. WHITE PERFECTION CAKE.