The household (of the Detroit free press)

Yolks of ten eggs, two cups of sugar, one of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk; beat all together very lightly; flavor with lemon extract, and bake in rich crust, same as pies. SPICE CAKE. One heaping coffee cup sugar, one-half teacup butter, one and onehalf teacups sour milk, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, one cup fruit, one teaspoonful soda. Stir in flour until it will just drop from the spoon. RAISIN CAKE. One cup white sugar, four tablespoonfuls melted butter, stirred together ; eight tablespoonfuls sweet milk, one cup flour, one teaspoonful baking powder ; flavor with lemon ; stir in last the beaten whites of four eggs ; bake in layers. For filling, add a little water to one cup of white sugar ; put it on the stove to boil ; chop one cup of raisins and beat the white of one egg ; take the sugar off and stir the egg and raisins in, WHORTLEBERRY CAKE. One cup butter, two cups sugar, three cups flour, five eggs, one cup sweet milk, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water, one teaspoonful nutmeg and the same of cinnamon, one quart ripe, fresh whortleberries thickly dredged with flour ; stir butter and sugar to a cream ; add beaten yolks, then milk, flour, spice, the whites of eggs whipped stiff, and the soda ; lastly, stir in the berries, being careful not to bruise them ; bake in a loaf, in a moderate, steady oven, until a straw comes out clean from thickest part. PERFECTION CAKE. One pound of flour, one pound sugar (pulverized), three-quarters of a pound of butter, one gill of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of baking powder and eight eggs ; sift flour and powder together ; cream the butter and sugar together until light as a feather ; beat the eggs separately, the whites to a stiff froth, and the yolks until rich and thick ; add yolks to butter and sugar, then flour, and, lastly, the whites of the eggs ; beat lightly until all are well mixed, and bake in ordinary cake tins in a very slow oven. For flavoring either vanilla or lemon may be used. DRIED APPLE CAKE. Two teacups dried apples, soaked over night and chopped fine; stew them in two cups of molasses until well cooked. Then take two eggs, one cup butter, one of sour cream, one of sugar, a little salt, two teaspoonfuls of soda ; stir some flour with the first before mixing with the rest ; spices to taste ; the more the better. NUT CAKE One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, three cups flour, one-half cup sweet milk, three eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one cup of hickory nuts (chopped), one teaspoonful vanilla. RICE CREAM CAKE. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, one cup corn starch, two cups flour, the whites of eight eggs, two large teaspoonfuls baking powder, which must be mixed with the flour. Stir butter and sugar to a cream, adding the corn starch and flour gradually while stirring. Bake in layers. The icing is made as follows : The whites of four eggs beaten very light, four cups sugar, one-half pint of boiling