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Temperance cook book

1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Three cupfuls of sweet milk, one cupful of yeast, four cupt'uls of powdered sugar, three eggs, two cupfuls of butter, two pounds of raisins, three nutmegs, one large spoonful cinnamonConnecticut Loaf Cake. Warm the milk, add the yeast, and two cupfuls of sugar; stir this to a thick batter; when light, add the eggs, well beaten, two more cupfuls of sugar, the butter, nutmeg and cinnamon. Having seeded your raisins, flour them well, and put them in the last thing. This makes four good loaves. After standing until light, in the tins, bake in a moderate oven; when done, frost. BREAD CAKE. On baking day take from your dough, after its second rising, three cupfuls of dough; add two cupfuls white sugar, one cupful of butter, creamed with the sugar, four eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in warm water, two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, one cupful of currants, washed and dredged, one cupful of chop- ped raisins, one teaspoonful of nutmeg, one teaspoonful of cloves, citron, if you likeBread Cake. Beat the yolks very light, add the creamed butter and sugar, the spice, milk, soda and dough; stir till well mixed; put in the beaten whites, and lastly, the fruit; beat hard, put in two buttered pans, let it get light, and bake till done. DRIED APPLE CAKE. Soak three cupfuls of dried apples over night, chop them rath- er coarsely, add two cupfuls of black molasses, and boil half an hour. Do not use the water the apples were soaked in. When cold, add four eggs, one cupful of butter, one cupful of very brown sugar two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls of allspice, one-half teaspoonful of cloves, two teaspoonfuls of gin- ger, one grated nutmeg, one teaspoonful saleratus (not soda), one cupful raisins, one cupful of currants, three cupfuls of flourDried Apple Cake. Bake in moderate oven; when done, frost. MARBLE CAKE. WHITE PART. — One and one-half cupfuls of white, powdered sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, two and CAKE. 169 one-half cupfuls of flour, whites of four eggs, two tablespoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Flavor to taste. DARK PART. — One cupful of very dark sugar, one-half cup mo- lasses, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sour milk, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, yolks of four eggsMarble Cake. Butter your mould, and put in the dark and light batter in alternate tablespoonfuls. GROOM'S CAKE. Ten eggs, beaten separately, one pound each of butter, white sugar and flour, two pounds of almonds, blanched and chopped fine, one pound of seeded raisins, half pound of citron, shaved fine. Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar gradually, then the well beaten yolks; stir all till very light, and add the chopped almonds; beat the whites stiff and add gently with the flour; take a little more flour and sprinkle over the raisins and citron, then put in the cake-pan, first a layer of cake batter, then a layer of raisins and citron, then cake, and so on till all is used, finishing off with a layer of cake. Bake in a moderate oven two hours. IMPERIAL CAKE. Imperial Cake