Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with ..

Cream one pound of butter with one pound and a half of powdered sugar. Add the yolks of three eggs and stir for half an hour, then add one-quarter of a pound of grated almonds, — remoye the skins before grating, — two scant cups of flour, and the well-beaten whites of two eggs. Bake in four buttered tins, round or square, and spread each layer with anj filling that is desired. Chicago Loaf Cream one pound of sugar and half a pound of butter. Add eight eggs beaten stiff, one pound of flour, one pound of raisins, a glass of wine, and the grated rind and half the juice of a fine lemon. Macaroons Pour boiling water over half a pound of almonds, remove the skins, and plunge them into cold water. Drain thoroughly and put in the oven. When dry, pound them in a mortar until they become a paste, gradually adding the white of one egg. Then add one pound and a half of powdered sugar. Again pound thoroughly, gradually adding the whites of two eggs. Spread a piece of white paper on a tin sheet, f orm your mixture in little rounds, a little smaller than a twenty-five cent piece. Place them on the paper about one inch and a half apart. Bake them in a slow oven for about twelve minutes, at the end of that time they should be well colored. Remove from the oven. When they become cold, turn the papers over and moisten with a little water, the macaroons can then be easily removed. Maple Sugar Cake with Filling Cream one cup of granulated sugar with a lump of butter the size of an egg, stir in the yolks of two eggs and the white of one, and then add two small cups of flour with two teaspoon- 2a fuls of baking powder sifted in it. Bake in round layers. Spread the foUowing filling between each layer : — Filling for Maple Sugar Cake Boil one cup of maple syrup uutil it hairs off the spoon. Then add the well-beaten white of one egg. Stir until smooth. Maple Sugar Cookies Take one cup of buttar, one cup of sour milk, three cups of shaved maple sugar, two eggs, and one teaspoonful of soda. Make the dough stiff enough with flour to drop off a spoon. Roll out, and bake in quick oven. Green Mountain Boys Two pounds of flour, half a pound of butter, half a pound of brown sugar, a pound and a half of maple syrup, and a teaspoonful of salt. These cakes should be dropped on greased paper and baked. The thickness of the dough depends upon the thickness of the syrup; if it is thin, add flour; if too thick, add maple syrup till of the right consistency. Soft Molasses Cake Three cups of molasses, one cup of butter, two cups of boiling water, one teaspoonful of baking soda dissolved in a little water, three teaspoonfuls of ground ginger, and Ave cups of sifted flour. Mix thoroughly, and bake in a hot oven. Oatmeal Wafers Cream one cup of sugar with one cup of butter and lard mixed, add one egg, one cup of boiling water, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little water, a pinch of salt, three cups CAKES, FILLINOS, AND ICING8 866 of oatmeal, and enough flour to make a soft dough. Let the dough get cold, then roU very thin and bake in a hot oven. Plum Cake Six eggs, half a pound of butter, half a pound of powdered sugar, twelve ounces of flour, one wine-glass of cognac, a quarter of au ounce of ground allspice, the fìnely chopped rind of a