Cream butter and sugar, add milk and beaten egg, soda dis- solved in the vinegar, and cinnamon and nutmeg sifted with enough flour to make consistency of cake dough. HONEY CAKE. Honey, 1 cup. Flour, 1 pint. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour milk. 1 cup. Melted butter, 1/2 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Eggs, 2. Mace, 1 teaspoon. Mix together in order given and bake in modernte oven 30 to 35 minutes. Mrs. B. N. K., Hingham. CRUMB CAKE. Flour, 2 cups. Sugar, 1 cup. Bread crumbs, 1 cup. Butter, 1/2 CUP- Egg, 1. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Raisins, 1 cup. Mixed spices. Milk, 1/2 cup✪ Crumb Cake. Mix and sift flour, sugar, baking powder and spices to taste. Rub in the butter, add bread onimbs, beaten esrg and milk. Flour the raisins and stir in last. 50 CAKE AND FILLINGS COCOA SOUR MILK CAKES. Butter, 1/2 CUP- Dry cocoa, 3 tablespoons. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour milk, i/2 cup. Salt, a pinch. Soda, i/2 teaspoon. Eggs, 2. Vanilla, 1 teaspoon. Flour, 11/2 cups✪ Cocoa Sour Milk Cakes. Melt butter and cream with sugar, add salt, eggs, beaten, and ingredients in order given dissolving soda in sour milk. Bake in muffin tins and frost with white frosting. Egleston Square. ALMOND COCOANUT CAKE. Powdered sugar, 2 cups. Flour, %i/2 cups. Butter, 1/2 cup. Baking powder, 2i/2 teaspoons. Milk, 1/2 cup. Egg whites, 8. Almond extract, i/% teaspoon. Cream the butter and sugar, add milk, then the flour and baking powder sifted together, the whites of the eggs beaten stiff and the extract. Bake in layers and put together with the follow- ing frosting: Water, i/2 cup. Almond extract, i/2 teaspoon. Sugar, 3 cups. Cocoanut. Egg whites, 3. Blanched almonds✪ Almond Cocoanut Cake. Boil sugar and water till it will spin a thread, then pour slowly onto the stiffly beaten egg whites, beating constantly. Add the extract and keep on beating till the right consistency to spread. Pour over layers and sides of cake, sprinkle entire surface with shredded cocoanut and decorate with halves of blanched almonds, about the edge of the cake. APPLE SAUCE CAKE. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour apple sauce. 1 cup. Butter, 1/2 cup. Flour, 1% cups. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Clove and nutmeg, 1 teaspoon each. Cream butter and sugar. Dissolve soda in a little .warm" water and add to apple sauce. Lastly stir in flour mixed and sifted with spices. Mae D., Winthrop. CAKE AND FILLINGS 51 GERMAN APPLE CAKE. Flour, 2 cups. Butter, y2 cup. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Egg, 1✪ Apple Sauce Cake. Milk, i/2 cup. Apples. Sift flour, salt and baking powder, rub in butter and stir in well beaten egg and milk. Grease a large shallow pan and spread the dough over it y2 inch thick. Pare and core apples and cut in eighths. Press them into the dough in close even rows, spread with butter, sprinkle thickly with sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg and bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes. GINGER GEMS. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Powdered mace, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour cream or milk, 1 cup. Molasses, 1 cup. Baking soda, 1 teaspoon. Chopped preserved ginger, 2 Flour, 5 cups✪ Ginger Gems. tablespoons. Put the butter, sugar and molasses in a saucepan and warm slightly but do not allow to melt. Beat well for 10 minutes. Add the ginger, mace and gradually the sour cream or milk. Sift the soda with the flour twice and add to mixture. Fill buttered and floured gem pans 2-3 full and bako in a hot oven. PINEAPPLE CAKE. ✪ Pineapple Cake

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Cream butter and sugar, add milk and beaten egg, soda dis- solved in the vinegar, and cinnamon and nutmeg sifted with enough flour to make consistency of cake dough. HONEY CAKE. Honey, 1 cup. Flour, 1 pint. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour milk. 1 cup. Melted butter, 1/2 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Eggs, 2. Mace, 1 teaspoon. Mix together in order given and bake in modernte oven 30 to 35 minutes. Mrs. B. N. K., Hingham. CRUMB CAKE. Flour, 2 cups. Sugar, 1 cup. Bread crumbs, 1 cup. Butter, 1/2 CUP- Egg, 1. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Raisins, 1 cup. Mixed spices. Milk, 1/2 cup. Mix and sift flour, sugar, baking powder and spices to taste. Rub in the butter, add bread onimbs, beaten esrg and milk. Flour the raisins and stir in last. 50 CAKE AND FILLINGS COCOA SOUR MILK CAKES. Butter, 1/2 CUP- Dry cocoa, 3 tablespoons. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour milk, i/2 cup. Salt, a pinch. Soda, i/2 teaspoon. Eggs, 2. Vanilla, 1 teaspoon. Flour, 11/2 cups. Melt butter and cream with sugar, add salt, eggs, beaten, and ingredients in order given dissolving soda in sour milk. Bake in muffin tins and frost with white frosting. Egleston Square. ALMOND COCOANUT CAKE. Powdered sugar, 2 cups. Flour, %i/2 cups. Butter, 1/2 cup. Baking powder, 2i/2 teaspoons. Milk, 1/2 cup. Egg whites, 8. Almond extract, i/% teaspoon. Cream the butter and sugar, add milk, then the flour and baking powder sifted together, the whites of the eggs beaten stiff and the extract. Bake in layers and put together with the follow- ing frosting: Water, i/2 cup. Almond extract, i/2 teaspoon. Sugar, 3 cups. Cocoanut. Egg whites, 3. Blanched almonds. Boil sugar and water till it will spin a thread, then pour slowly onto the stiffly beaten egg whites, beating constantly. Add the extract and keep on beating till the right consistency to spread. Pour over layers and sides of cake, sprinkle entire surface with shredded cocoanut and decorate with halves of blanched almonds, about the edge of the cake. APPLE SAUCE CAKE. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour apple sauce. 1 cup. Butter, 1/2 cup. Flour, 1% cups. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Clove and nutmeg, 1 teaspoon each. Cream butter and sugar. Dissolve soda in a little .warm" water and add to apple sauce. Lastly stir in flour mixed and sifted with spices. Mae D., Winthrop. CAKE AND FILLINGS 51 GERMAN APPLE CAKE. Flour, 2 cups. Butter, y2 cup. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Egg, 1. Milk, i/2 cup. Apples. Sift flour, salt and baking powder, rub in butter and stir in well beaten egg and milk. Grease a large shallow pan and spread the dough over it y2 inch thick. Pare and core apples and cut in eighths. Press them into the dough in close even rows, spread with butter, sprinkle thickly with sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg and bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes. GINGER GEMS. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Powdered mace, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, 1 cup. Sour cream or milk, 1 cup. Molasses, 1 cup. Baking soda, 1 teaspoon. Chopped preserved ginger, 2 Flour, 5 cups. tablespoons. Put the butter, sugar and molasses in a saucepan and warm slightly but do not allow to melt. Beat well for 10 minutes. Add the ginger, mace and gradually the sour cream or milk. Sift the soda with the flour twice and add to mixture. Fill buttered and floured gem pans 2-3 full and bako in a hot oven. PINEAPPLE CAKE.

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