The new home cook book

One cup white sugar and one-half cup butter beaten together, one-half cup starch, the whites of three eggs beaten to a stifl" froth, one cup milk, one cup flour, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half of soda. Flavor with lemon. LADY CAKE. Mrs. Ewing. One pound sugar, one-half pound butter, one pound of flour, whites of sixteen eggs, one and one-half teaspoons soda, one and one-half teaspoons cream tartar. Rub butter and sugar together, then stir the whites of eggs into it. Sift the flour three times with cream tartar and soda in it, and add lastly. LADY CAKE. One cup of boiled milk, one- half cup butter, two cups powdered sugar, three cups flour, one even teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda, whites of two eggs ; flavor with bitter almond. LEMON CAKE. Lake Forest, 111. Three cups of sugar, one cup butter, one cup milk, five eggs, four cups flour ; stir the butter and sugar to a cream, beat the eggs separately, the whites to a stiff froth, and dissolve a little soda in the milk. Mix all together; sift the flour and put in by degrees, and add the juice and grated rind of a fresh lemon. This cake is delicious. LEMON CAKE. Mrs. H. B. Hurd. Five cups flour, one cup butter, three cups sugar, one cup cream, five eggs, one teaspoon saleratus and the peel and juice of two lemons. SPICE CAKE. Mrs. A. T. Hall Two cups of sugar, two cups butter, six cups flour, one cup molasses, one cup milk, six eggs, one glass brandy, two teaspoons cream tartar, one teaspoon soda, two teaspoons cloves, one nutmeg, two pounds raisins. SPICE CAKE. Mrs. J. C. Mooar. One and one-half cups sugar, two-thirds cup butter, one cup raisins, two-thirds cup sweet milk, three cups flour, two eggs, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves to suit taste. CURRANT CAKE. Fanny L., Evanston. One and one-half pounds flour, one pound sugar, threefourths pound butter, seven eggs, one gill milk, one-half teaspoon saleratus, one pound currants. POOR MAN'S CAKE. Fanny L. Two cups raised dough, one egg, one-half cup molasses, one cup sugar, butter size of an egg, one teaspoon soda; one cup raisins, flour to stiffen. CLOVE CAKE. Mrs. H. P. Merriman. Four and one-half coffee cups of sifted flour, three cups sugar, one and one-half cups butter, one teacup cream or milk, one teaspoon saleratus, four eggs, one tablespoon cloves, one tablespoon cinnamon, one tablespoon nutmeg, one pound fruit and citron. COFFEE CAKE. Mrs. E. S. Chesebrough. One cup butter, one of sugar, one of molasses, one of strong coffee, five of flour, one pound of raisins, one teaspoon of soda, one of cinnamon, one of allspice, onehalf a nutmeg, three eggs (it can be made with one or two). Sift the soda in molasses. Excellent. PUFF CAKE. Mrs. A. M. Lewis. One cup brown sugar, one-half of butter, two eggs, one-half cup sweet milk, two of Graham flour (sifted), one-half teaspoon soda, one of cream tartar, or two teaspoons of baking powder, one cup of raisins. MARBLE CAKE. Mrs. J. Gilbert, Evanston.