The household (of the Detroit free press)

One cup of butter, one of molasses, one of sugar, half of cold water, one tablespoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one of soda dissolved in boiling water ; melt the butter, slightly warm the molasses, spice and sugar, and heat together ten minutes ; then put in the water, soda and flour ; stir very hard and bake in three loaves. Brush them over with syrup while hot and eat fresh. SOFT GINGERBREAD. One and a half cups of Orleans molasses, half cup brown sugar, half cup butter, half cup of sweet milk, teaspoonful of soda, teaspoonful of allspice, half teaspoonful of ginger ; mix all thoroughly together, and add three cups of sifted flour ; bake in shallow pans. GINGER DROP CAKES. Three eggs, one cup of lard, one of baking molasses, one of brown sugar, one large tablespoonful ginger, one tablespoonful soda dissolved in a cup of boiling water, and five cups unsifted flour; drop tablespoonfuls of this mixture into a slightly greased dripping-pan about three inches apart. GINGER SPICE CAKE. One cup of molasses, half a cup of butter, half a cup of milk, two eggs, one teaspoonful of cloves, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one of salt ; bake in a quick oven. MOLASSES CAKE. One cup each of butter, sugar, sour milk and molasses, five cups of flour, two eggs, one tablespoonful of soda and one of ginger. SCOTCH CAKE. Stir to a cream a pound of sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter ; add the grated rind and juice of a lemon : separate the whites and yolks of nine eggs and beat each to a froth ; stir into the cake and add a pound of sifted flour ; stir fifteen minutes, and just before putting into cake pans, which must be lined with buttered paper, add a pound of seeded raisins ; spice to suit the taste. Bake one hour. WHITE SPONGE CAKE. Whites of nine eggs beaten to a froth, one and a half cups white sugar, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar sifted, with one cup flour, one teaspoonful lemon (no soda). Take one-half of cake mixture and color with cochineal to a bright scarlet ; then drop one spoon of white then one of red, one upon the other. It makes a beautiful marbled cake DUTCH PEPPER CAKE. One cup molasses, one-half cup water, one-half cup butter, one teaspoonful ginger, one teaspoonful soda, three cups flour and one eggp one-half teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice and cinnamon. NUT CAKE. Whites of five eggs, sugar two cups, butter one cup, sweet milk one cup, flour three cups, baking powder three teaspoonfuls, one cup of hickory nuts and one cup of black walnut meats chopped fine. MOTHER'S TEA CAKE. Break an egg in a teacup, fill with sugar, beat thoroughly together, add one cup thick, sour cream, one teaspoonful soda, a little salt, half a nutmeg and flour to make a stiff batter ; bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven. SNOW FLAKE CAKE. Two cups pulverized sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, one cup corn starch, two cups flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder, extract of lemon. ANGELS' FOOD.