Blue Ribbon and Pure Gold cook book

Plain Cake—} cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, ? cup milk, 1 teaspoon Pure Gold vanilla, 12 cups flour, 3 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder, } teaspoon salt. Variations for Plain Cake . Spice Cake—Add 1 teaspoon mixed spices. . Nut Cake—Add § to 1 cup chopped nuts. . Cocoanut Cake—Add 3 to 1 cup grated cocoanut. . CChocolate Cake—Add 2 ounces Blue Ribbon baking chocolate (melted), or $ cup cocoa. Scant the amount of flour. 5. Raisin Cake—Add 3 to 1 cup raisins or currants, dates, figs, etc., floured with part of the flour. PWN — 82 Blue Ribbon Cook Book 6. White Cake—Use 3 egg whites stiffly beaten, and added last. 4 cup extra flour may be needed. Decrease baking powder by 1 teaspoon. 7. Gold Cake—Use 4 egg yolks beaten until thick and lemon colored. 8. Orange Cake—Use orange juice for milk, and add 2 tablespoons grated orange rind. 9. Coffee Cake—Substitute very strong black coffee for the milk. 10. Apple Sauce Cake—Use 1 cup apple sauce instead of the milk. Add 4 teaspoon baking soda, and decrease baking powder to 13 teaspoons. 11. Layer Cake—Bake in 2 layers, but scant the flour, as layer cake batter should be a little less stiff. If 3 layers are desired, double the recipe. Fill, and ice as desired. 12. Caramel Cake—Add 3 tablespoons caramel syrup. For recipe for syrup see Cake Frostings and Fillings. One, Two, Three, Four Cake—1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs, 1 cup milk, 4 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder, § teaspoon salt, 15 teaspoons Pure Gold vanilla. Gingerbread—+4 cup brown sugar, 3 cup butter, 4 cup molasses, 3 cup boiling water, 13 cups sifted flour, 1 egg, 2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon Pure Gold ginger, 1 teaspoon Pure Gold cinnamon, { teaspoon salt. Bake in a greased pan in moderate oven. Sour Cream Gingerbread—1 cup molasses, 1 cup sour cream, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon Pure Gold ginger, or more, to suit taste, 23 cups flour, } cup sugar, ¢ teaspoon salt. Buttermilk Cake—+3 cup butter, ? cup sugar, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 egg, 2 cups flour sifted, ? teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon Pure Gold pastry spice. Johnny Cake—See recipe for Corn Bread. Chocolate Marble Cake—1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup sweet milk, 4 eggs, 2 cups sifted flour, } cup cornstarch, 1 teaspoon Pure Gold vanilla, 3 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder. After mixing all, take out part of the batter and stir into it 2 ounces Blue Ribbon baking chocolate (melted); drop this into the greased pans alternately with the other part. Spanish Bun—4 eggs (leaving out the whites of 2), 2 cups brown sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup milk, 2 teaspoons Pure Gold pastry spice, 2} cups flour, 3 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder, } teaspoon Pure Gold cinnamon. Cream butter, add sugar, then cream again, add eggs and a little milk. Mix baking powder through flour; mix flour and milk alternately in the creamed butter, etc., bake in shallow pans. When baked, beat the whites of the 2 eggs, adding some sugar and 3 teaspoon Pure Gold cinnamon with which ice the cake, and put in the oven to brown slightly. Serve hot. Cakes 83 Date Cake—# cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, 2% cups flour, sifted, 3 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder, + teaspoon salt, $ teaspoon Pure Gold vanilla, 1 heaping cup of finely chopped dates, } cup chopped walnuts. Stir dates and nuts in the last thing. Apple Sauce Cake (Eggless)—-13} cups unsweetened apple sauce, 4 cup shortening, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup raisins, } teaspoon each of Pure Gold cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, } teaspoon salt, 2 cups flour, $ teaspoon baking soda, 14 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder. If apple sauce is sweetened, decrease sugar. ~ Pound Cake—1 pound butter (2 cups), 1 pound sugar (2 cups), 1 pound flour (4 cups), 8 eggs, 1 tablespoon lemon juice.