One cupful of butter, two of sugar, two and one-fourth of
rice flour, six eggs, the juice and rind of a lemon✪ Rice Cake. Beat the
butter to a cream ; then gradually beat in the sugar, and add
the lemon. Beat the yolks and whites separately, and add
them to the beaten sugar and butter. Add also the rice flour.
Pour into a shallow pan, to the depth of about two inches.
Bake from thirty-five to forty-five minutes in a moderate oven.
Silver Cake.
One cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, the whites of
three eggs, half a cupful of corn-starch, dissolved in nearly
half a cupful of milk ; one and a fourth cupfuls of flour, half
a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one-fourth of a teaspoonful
of soda, and vanilla or almond flavor✪ Silver Cake. Beat the butter to a
cream, and gradually beat in the sugar. Add the flavor. Mix
the flour, cream of tartar and soda together, and sift. Beat
the whites to a stiff froth. Add the corn- starch and milk to
the beaten sugar and butter ; then add the whites of the eggs
and the flour. Mix quickly and thoroughly. Have the bat-
ter in sheets, and about two inches deep. Bake in a moder-
ate oven for about half an hour. A chocolate frosting is nice
with this cake. [Mrs. L. C. A.
Gold Cake.
One cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, the yolks of
three eggs and one whole eggy half a cupful of milk, one-
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fourth of a teaspoonful each of soda and cream of tartar, one
and three-fourths cupfuls of flour. Mix the butter and sugar
together, and add the eggs; milk, flavor and flour, in the or-
der named. Bake the same as the silver cake. A white
frosting is good with this cake. [Mrs. L. C. A.
Angel Cake.
The whites of eleven eggs, one and a half cupfuls of granu-
lated sugar, one cupful of pastry flour, measured after being
sifted four times \ one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one of
vanilla extract. Sift the flour and cream of tartar together.
Beat the whites to a stiff froth. Beat the sugar into the eggs,
and add the seasoning and flour, stirring quickly and lightly.
Beat until ready to put the mixture in the oven. Use a pan
that has little legs at the top corners, so that when the pan is
turned upside down on the table, after the baking, a current
of air will pass under and over it. Bake for forty minutes in
a moderate oven. Do not grease the pan.
Sunshine Cake.
This is made almost exactly like angel cake. Have the
whites of eleven eggs and yolks of six, one and a half cupfuls
of granulated sugar✪ Angel Cake, measured after one sifting ; one cupful
of flour, measured after sifting ; one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar and one of orange extract. Beat the whites to a stiff
froth, and gradually beat in the sugar. Beat the yolks in a
similar manner, and add to them the whites and sugar and
the flavor. Finally, stir in the flour. Mix quickly and well.
Bake for fifty minutes in a slow oven, using a pan like that for
angel cake.
Demon Cake.
One cupful of butter, one of sugar, one of molasses, two
eggs, four and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, one table-spoonful
of ginger, one of cinnamon, four of brandy, half a grated nut✪ Demon Cake-
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One cupful of butter, two of sugar, two and one-fourth of rice flour, six eggs, the juice and rind of a lemon. Beat the butter to a cream ; then gradually beat in the sugar, and add the lemon. Beat the yolks and whites separately, and add them to the beaten sugar and butter. Add also the rice flour. Pour into a shallow pan, to the depth of about two inches. Bake from thirty-five to forty-five minutes in a moderate oven.
Silver Cake. One cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, the whites of three eggs, half a cupful of corn-starch, dissolved in nearly half a cupful of milk ; one and a fourth cupfuls of flour, half a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of soda, and vanilla or almond flavor. Beat the butter to a cream, and gradually beat in the sugar. Add the flavor. Mix the flour, cream of tartar and soda together, and sift. Beat the whites to a stiff froth. Add the corn- starch and milk to the beaten sugar and butter ; then add the whites of the eggs and the flour. Mix quickly and thoroughly. Have the batter in sheets, and about two inches deep. Bake in a moderate oven for about half an hour. A chocolate frosting is nice with this cake. [Mrs. L. C. A.
Gold Cake.
One cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, the yolks of three eggs and one whole egg; half a cupful of milk, one-
fourth of a teaspoonful each of soda and cream of tartar, one and three-fourths cupfuls of flour. Mix the butter and sugar together, and add the eggs; milk, flavor and flour, in the order named. Bake the same as the silver cake. A white frosting is good with this cake. [Mrs. L. C. A.
Angel Cake.
The whites of eleven eggs, one and a half cupfuls of granulated sugar, one cupful of pastry flour, measured after being sifted four times; one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one of vanilla extract. Sift the flour and cream of tartar together. Beat the whites to a stiff froth. Beat the sugar into the eggs, and add the seasoning and flour, stirring quickly and lightly. Beat until ready to put the mixture in the oven. Use a pan that has little legs at the top corners, so that when the pan is turned upside down on the table, after the baking, a current of air will pass under and over it. Bake for forty minutes in a moderate oven. Do not grease the pan.
Sunshine Cake. This is made almost exactly like angel cake. Have the whites of eleven eggs and yolks of six, one and a half cupfuls of granulated sugar, measured after one sifting ; one cupful of flour, measured after sifting ; one teaspoonful of cream of tartar and one of orange extract. Beat the whites to a stiff froth, and gradually beat in the sugar. Beat the yolks in a similar manner, and add to them the whites and sugar and the flavor. Finally, stir in the flour. Mix quickly and well. Bake for fifty minutes in a slow oven, using a pan like that for angel cake.
Demon Cake. One cupful of butter, one of sugar, one of molasses, two eggs, four and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, one table-spoonful of ginger, one of cinnamon, four of brandy, half a grated nut-
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