Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes

Put on to cook two and one-fourth cups of brown sugar, three tablespoonsful of cream, one tablesponful of butter. Cook until thick, then beat until creamy and spread on layers. TUTTI FRUTTI CAKE Two cups of sugar, One cup of milk, One cup of butter. Three cups of flour (sifted three times) One cup of cornstarch into which has been sifted three teaspoons of baking powder, One teaspoonful of almond extract. Cream butter and sugar, add milk, flour, cornstarch and flavoring. Bake in layers in moderate oven. MAGNOLIA SPONGE CAKE Three eggs beaten separately and then together. One and one-half cups of sugar. One and one-half cups of flour. One and one-half teaspoonsful of baking powder, One-half cup of boiling water. Mix in the order given and cook in biscuit pan in moderate oven. BRIDE'S CAKE Whites of eighteen eggs, One pound of flour, One pound of sugar. Three-fourths pound of butter. Sift flour three times after adding to it a teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream of tartar. Cream butter and sugar until very light and add to the stiffly beaten whites. Next add the flour, beating it in lightly with the hand. Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla or almond extract and bake in slow oven. PONCIANIA CAKE One pound of butter, One pound of sugar, One pound of flour. Juice and rind of one lemon. Nine eggs, One and one-fourth pounds of Almonds (in shell). One-half pounds of citron. One-half pound of raisins. Cream butter and sugar and add to well beaten yolks. Next add alternately the flour and the whites beaten stilt, then the fruits, which have been cut fine and dredged with flour, and lastly the nuts. Bake in a slow oven. SALLY WHITE CAKE One pound of butter, One pound of flour. One and one-half pounds of sugar. One dozen eggs, Three pounds of citron chopped fine, Two small cocoanuts (grated), Two pounds of Almonds (blanched and chopped fine), One wine glass of brandy. One wine glass of wine. Three teaspoonsful of nutmeg. Two teaspoonsful of mace. Cream butter and sugar and add to well beaten yolks. Next add flour and whites beaten stiff, the fruit, nuts, brandy, wine and spices. Bake in slow oven from four to five hours. CABIN CAKE To whites of eight eggs beaten stiff, add one cup of butter and two cups of sugar creamed together. Next add threefourths cup of milk, three cups of flour, two teaspoonsful of baking powder and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Bake in layiers in moderate oven. FILLING Put on to cook two cups of sugar and half a cup of water. Boil without stirring until it jellies when dropped into cold water. Then pour over stiffly beaten whites of three eggs, then stir into icing a small quantity of citron, currants, dates, figs, raisins, almonds, English walnuts (all chopped fine) and grated cocoanut, leaving out a similar quantity to be put on top of cake when iced. PRIDE OF KENTUCKY CAKE Four eggs, Three cups of flour, Two cups of sugar. One cup of butter. One cup of milk. Two teaspoonsful of baking powder. One teaspoonful of Vanilla.