First Part. — One cup brown sugar, scant one-half cup
butter, yolks of three eggs, two cups flour, one teaspoon soda
in flour, one-half cup sweet milk.
Second Part. — One cup chocolate (grated)✪ Devil's Food, ©ne-half cup
sweet milk, one cup brown sugar, put this over the stove and
let it come almost to a boil, when cold mix with part first; bake
in layers; white frosting for filling. Mrs. Donaldson.
Devil's Cake.
One-fourth cup grated bitter chocolate, one-half cup sugar,
one-half cup sweet milk, one teaspoon corn starch; boil these
ingredients together, remove from fire and add beaten yolk of
one egg and let cool. -
Cake Part. — One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half
cup sour milk, one and one-half cups flour, one egg and yolk of
another, one teaspoon soda; put these two mixtures together and
bake either, in a loaf or in layers, putting a frosting between, of
white of one egg and powdered sugar. Mrs. H. L. Rankin.
Devil's Cake.
One-half cup butter, yolks of two eggs, one cup brown
sugar creamed, one-half cup grated chocolate dissolved in two
tablespoonfuls hot water; after beating well, add two-thirds of a
cup of sweet milk, one scant teaspoonful soda in milk, two cups
of flour, one heaping spoonful of baking powder, one teaspoon-
ful of vanilla. E. A. Stearns.
Polka Cake.
Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, four cups flour, one cup
milk, one-half cup molasses, one teaspoonful soda, four eggs,
one pound raisins✪ Polka Cake. Mrs. C. G. Trusdell.
Minnehaha Cake.
One-half cup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, one-half
cup milk, three eggs, two teaspoons baking powder, two cups
flour✪ Minnehaha Cake; bake in three layers.
Filling. — Take a teacup sugar and a little water, boil until
brittle when dropped in cold water; remove from the stove and
stir quickly into it the white of one egg well beaten; add to this
a cup of stoned raisins chopped fine; place between the layers
and cover the top. Mrs. Mick.
New Century Cook Book.
163
One Egg Cake.
One cup sugar, one large tablespoonful butter, one egg, one-
half cup sweet milk, one and one-half cups flour, two small tea-
spoonfuls baking powder, flavor to taste.
Mrs. K. Plattenburg.
Raspberry Cake.
Half cup of butter, one cup sugar, two eggs, one and one-
half pint of milk, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, sifted with
one quart of flour; stir in the flour gradually until all is in, or
enough to have a thick batter; when all is ready stir in one and
one-half pint of black raspberries✪ Raspberry Cake well sugared, run into a drip-
ping pan; bake about twenty minutes, or until it will not stick
to a broom splint. To be eaten hot, with a sweet sauce.
Aunt Jennie.
Birthday Cake.
One pound powdered sugar, one cup sifted bread crumbs,
one pound sifted ground almonds (with their skins), eighteen
yolks of eggs, twelve whites eggs, half teaspoonful baking pow-
der, half lemon rind, grated✪ Birthday Cake. Baked in a medium oven for one
hour. Mrs. M. J. Haywood.
Corn Starch Cake.
Beat to a cream, one cup sugar, half cup butter, half cup
milk, one cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder, whites of four
eggs beaten stiff, one teaspoon vanilla✪ Corn Starch Cake.
Mrs. J. A. Sanford.
Maud S. Cake. ✪ Maud S. Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
First Part. — One cup brown sugar, scant one-half cup butter, yolks of three eggs, two cups flour, one teaspoon soda in flour, one-half cup sweet milk.
Second Part. — One cup chocolate (grated), One-half cup sweet milk, one cup brown sugar, put this over the stove and let it come almost to a boil, when cold mix with part first; bake in layers; white frosting for filling. Mrs. Donaldson.
Devil's Cake.
One-fourth cup grated bitter chocolate, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup sweet milk, one teaspoon corn starch; boil these ingredients together, remove from fire and add beaten yolk of one egg and let cool. -
Cake Part. — One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup sour milk, one and one-half cups flour, one egg and yolk of another, one teaspoon soda; put these two mixtures together and bake either, in a loaf or in layers, putting a frosting between, of white of one egg and powdered sugar. Mrs. H. L. Rankin.
Devil's Cake.
One-half cup butter, yolks of two eggs, one cup brown sugar creamed, one-half cup grated chocolate dissolved in two tablespoonfuls hot water; after beating well, add two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, one scant teaspoonful soda in milk, two cups of flour, one heaping spoonful of baking powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla. E. A. Stearns.
Polka Cake.
Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, four cups flour, one cup milk, one-half cup molasses, one teaspoonful soda, four eggs, one pound raisins. Mrs. C. G. Trusdell.
Minnehaha Cake.
One-half cup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup milk, three eggs, two teaspoons baking powder, two cups flour; bake in three layers.
Filling. — Take a teacup sugar and a little water, boil until brittle when dropped in cold water; remove from the stove and stir quickly into it the white of one egg well beaten; add to this a cup of stoned raisins chopped fine; place between the layers and cover the top. Mrs. Mick.
New Century Cook Book.
One Egg Cake.
One cup sugar, one large tablespoonful butter, one egg, onehalf cup sweet milk, one and one-half cups flour, two small teaspoonfuls baking powder, flavor to taste.
Mrs. K. Plattenburg.
Raspberry Cake.
Half cup of butter, one cup sugar, two eggs, one and onehalf pint of milk, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, sifted with one quart of flour; stir in the flour gradually until all is in, or enough to have a thick batter; when all is ready stir in one and one-half pint of black raspberries well sugared, run into a dripping pan; bake about twenty minutes, or until it will not stick to a broom splint. To be eaten hot, with a sweet sauce.
Aunt Jennie.
Birthday Cake.
One pound powdered sugar, one cup sifted bread crumbs, one pound sifted ground almonds (with their skins), eighteen yolks of eggs, twelve whites eggs, half teaspoonful baking powder, half lemon rind, grated. Baked in a medium oven for one hour. Mrs. M. J. Haywood.
Corn Starch Cake.
Beat to a cream, one cup sugar, half cup butter, half cup milk, one cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder, whites of four eggs beaten stiff, one teaspoon vanilla.
Mrs. J. A. Sanford.
Maud S. Cake.
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