1 pound of flour.
^ gill of brandy.
i nutmeg,
^ teaspoon of cloves.
2 teaspoons of cinnamon,
1^ pounds of raisins,
1^ pounds of currants,
1 pound of citron✪ Fruit Cake.
254
CAKES
Seed the raisins; slice the citron in thin slices.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream. Beat the eggs
together till thick, then add them by degrees; also
flour, brandy, spices, and the fruits last, and ^
teacup of golden syrup. Line the pan, rub with
butter, and bake in a moderate oven about 4 hours.
WHITE FRUIT CAKE
Miss Elise White
1 pound sugar,
1 pound flour,
f pound butter,
Whites of 12 eggs,
2 pounds citron,
2 pounds almonds,
1 large cocoanut, grated✪ White Fruit Cake.
Add 1 tablespoon of soda and 2 of cream of
tartar to flour and sift. Cream butter and sugar,
and then add eggs, which have been beaten sepa-
rately, and add flour alternately with whites. Beat
well; then add lightly one-half of fruit, and put
remainder in layers with the mixture in cake-mould.
Bake slowly and carefully. Have almonds blanched
and cut, and citron mixed with flour, cut in thin
strips; cocoanut grated.
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THE BLUE GRASS COOK BOOK
FRUIT COOKIES
Mrs. Henry C. Biichner
Beat well together
3 cups of brown sugar,
1 cup of butter,
1 cup of sour milk,
1 teaspoon of soda,
4 eggs, well beaten,
1 teaspoon of cloves,
2 teaspoons of cinnamon,
1 teaspoon of nutmeg,
2 cups of seeded and chopped raisins.
Flour enough to make a stiff batter that will
drop off a spoon✪ Fruit Cookies. Bake in a quick oven.
1 teacup of nuts would be an improvement.
FRUIT AND DELICATE
CAKE
Mrs. Henry C. Buckner
2^ cups of sugar,
4^ cups of flour, sifted,
1 cup of butter,
1 cup of sour milk,
1 teaspoon of soda, not heaped,
4 eggs.
256
CAKES
Flavor with lemon; fill S jelly tins. Then add
to the remainder
1 cup of chopped raisins,
1 cup of currants,
^ citron,
2 tablespoons of molasses,
1 tablespoon of brandy,
1 tablespoon of cinnamon,
^ tablespoon of mace or allspice✪ Fruit and Delicate Cake.
After it is baked, put alternate layers of light
and dark with thick icing.
SOFT GINGER BREAD (No. 1)
V. C. G.
1 large coffeecup of sugar,
1 large coffeecup of molasses,
1 large coffeecup of butter,
4 large cofFeecups of flour,
1 large coffeecup of sour milk,
4 eggs,
^ teacup of ginger,
^ teaspoon of ground cloves,
I teaspoon of cinnamon,
1 tablespoon of saleratus✪ Soft Ginger Bread (No. 1) beaten into the sour milk,
and poured in last.
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SOFT GINGER BREAD (No. 2)
1^ cups of brown sugar,
1 cup of butter,
2 eggs,
1 teaspoon of soda, dissolved in a cup of butter-
milk,
2 cups of sifted flour,
1 cup of dark molasses,
2 more cups of flour,
4 tablespoons of ginger✪ Soft Ginger Bread (No. 2).
Mix in the order written.
JUMBLES
Miss Elise White
6 eggs,
1 pound sugar,
f pound butter✪ Jumbles.
Cream butter and sugar, beat the eggs into it
with just enough flour to roll out. Take small
quantity of dough and lay on board, and with a
knife roll in sugar and flour.
358
CAKES
DROP JUMBLES
Mrs. Henry C. Buckner
1 pound of sugar,
1 pound of butter,
1^ pounds of flour.
Juice of fresh lemon to taste,
8 eggs, beaten separately.
Use 2 heaping teaspoons of baking-powder✪ Drop Jumbles in
the flour, and sift several times. Have your pans
well greased, and dip a teaspoon of batter at a
time a little distance apart.
KENTUCKY CAKE
Mrs. Joseph H. Holt
12 eggs (whites)
1 pound of flour,
1 pound of sugar, ✪ Kentucky Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
1 pound of flour.
^ gill of brandy.
i nutmeg,
^ teaspoon of cloves.
2 teaspoons of cinnamon,
1^ pounds of raisins,
1^ pounds of currants,
1 pound of citron.
Seed the raisins; slice the citron in thin slices. Beat butter and sugar to a cream. Beat the eggs together till thick, then add them by degrees; also flour, brandy, spices, and the fruits last, and ^ teacup of golden syrup. Line the pan, rub with butter, and bake in a moderate oven about 4 hours.
WHITE FRUIT CAKE
Miss Elise White
1 pound sugar,
1 pound flour, f pound butter, Whites of 12 eggs,
2 pounds citron,
2 pounds almonds,
1 large cocoanut, grated.
Add 1 tablespoon of soda and 2 of cream of tartar to flour and sift. Cream butter and sugar, and then add eggs, which have been beaten separately, and add flour alternately with whites. Beat well; then add lightly one-half of fruit, and put remainder in layers with the mixture in cake-mould. Bake slowly and carefully. Have almonds blanched and cut, and citron mixed with flour, cut in thin strips; cocoanut grated.
FRUIT COOKIES Mrs. Henry C. Buckner
Beat well together
3 cups of brown sugar, 1 cup of butter,
1 cup of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of soda,
4 eggs, well beaten,
1 teaspoon of cloves,
2 teaspoons of cinnamon,
1 teaspoon of nutmeg,
2 cups of seeded and chopped raisins. Flour enough to make a stiff batter that will
drop off a spoon. Bake in a quick oven. 1 teacup of nuts would be an improvement.
FRUIT AND DELICATE Mrs. Henry C. Buckner 2^ cups of sugar, 4^ cups of flour, sifted, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of soda, not heaped, 4 eggs.
Flavor with lemon; fill S jelly tins. Then add to the remainder
1 cup of chopped raisins,
1 cup of currants, ^ citron,
2 tablespoons of molasses, 1 tablespoon of brandy,
1 tablespoon of cinnamon,
^ tablespoon of mace or allspice.
After it is baked, put alternate layers of light and dark with thick icing.
SOFT GINGER BREAD (No. 1)
1 large coffeecup of sugar,
1 large coffeecup of molasses,
1 large coffeecup of butter,
4 large cofFeecups of flour,
1 large coffeecup of sour milk,
4 eggs,
^ teacup of ginger,
^ teaspoon of ground cloves,
I teaspoon of cinnamon,
1 tablespoon of saleratus beaten into the sour milk, and poured in last.
SOFT GINGER BREAD (No. 2)
1^ cups of brown sugar,
1 cup of butter,
2 eggs,
1 teaspoon of soda, dissolved in a cup of buttermilk,
2 cups of sifted flour,
1 cup of dark molasses,
2 more cups of flour,
4 tablespoons of ginger.
Mix in the order written.
JUMBLES
Miss Elise White
6 eggs,
1 pound sugar,
f pound butter.
Cream butter and sugar, beat the eggs into it with just enough flour to roll out. Take small quantity of dough and lay on board, and with a knife roll in sugar and flour.
DROP JUMBLES
Mrs. Henry C. Buckner
1 pound of sugar,
1 pound of butter,
1^ pounds of flour.
Juice of fresh lemon to taste,
8 eggs, beaten separately.
Use 2 heaping teaspoons of baking-powder in the flour, and sift several times. Have your pans well greased, and dip a teaspoon of batter at a time a little distance apart.
KENTUCKY CAKE
Mrs. Joseph H. Holt
12 eggs (whites)
1 pound of flour,
1 pound of sugar,
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