Cook book (Relief Society, Houston, 1963)

Stone dates, cut in small pieces- -Sprinkle 1 tsp, soda over them- -Then pour the cup of boiling water over them--Let cool-- Cream sugar and shortening together--Add egg--add nutmeats and vanilla and beat-- Now add date mixture--Mix well--Add flour with the salt--Bake in slow oven for 50 min. 6o FROSTING FOR $100 CAKE Melt 1 1/2 cup butter, 2 sq. semi-sweet chocolate, 1 tsp. vanilla, pinch salt, 1 beaten egg, 1 tsp, lemon juice. Mix with 11/3 cup powdered sugar, 1 cup nuts PRUNE CAKE Ruth Me Lane Mix well: 2 cups sugar 1 cup wesson oil 3 whole eggs, one at a time beating well 2 tsp, soda, mixed in 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup cooked prune s--l cup chopped nut s 1/2 tsp, salt 2 cups flour, sifted Add lastly: 1 tsp, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, with flour. Bake in loaf pan or tube pan at 350° for 45 minutes or until done. Buttermilk Icing Meanwhile start icing cooking when cake has been in oven about 30 minutes, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1/2 tsp, soda, 1 Tbsp, corn syrup (this is very necessary for good icing) , 1/4 cup butter, 1 tsp. vanilla. Combine all in a pan-- Cook over slow flame. Do not beat while it is hot and done-- Spread over cake in pan that it is cooked in--Better still, take toothpick, punch holes over cake then spread icing. CRAZY CHOCOLATE CAKE 11/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 cup salad oil 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tspe soda 3 Tbsp. cocoa 1 Tbsp. vinegar 1 cup milk Sift the dry ingredients together onto a sheet of waxed paper=~Sift again into an ungreased, 8-inch square baking pan, Make three little Hwells!8 in the dry ingredients--Pour the salad oil into the first, vinegar into the second, and vanilla into the third--Add the milk and stir with a fork until the mixture is well blended „ Bake in moderate oven (350) for 30 minutes--Cool , if desired--Frost with the Creamy Chocolate Frosting and garnish with walnut halves-- Makes 8 to 10 servings. Creamy Chocolate Frosting Combine 11/2 cups sifted powdered sugar with 2 Tbsp. cocoa. Blend in 2 Tbsp. melted butter, 1 egg yolk, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, and enough cream to make frosting of spreading consistency, one to two Tbsp. UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE Pat Sirrine Melt 1/4 lb. butter, add 1 cup brown sugar--layer of pineapple, dates, nuts- - Simme r while stirring up a plain cake batter- -Place on fruit mixture and bake. 4 Tbsp. shortening, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 c. milk, 11/2 cup flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. vanilla. Salt. 62 DATE CUPCAKES Pat Sirrine 7 3/4 ozo pkg. pitted dates 2 eggs 1 Tbs. butter 1 cup s 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 11/2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup boiling water 1 cup chopped nuts Grind dates through meat grinder — Mix shortening and baking soda with boiling water and pour over dates. Mix beaten eggs into above mixture and add nuts-- Fill pans about 3/4 full--Bake 15-20 minutes / 350° . BANANA NUT LOAF Marion Dearden 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs , beaten 3 ripe bananas 2 cups flour 1/2 tsp. salt 3/ 4 cup milk 1/ 2 tsp: . soda 1/2 cup nuts 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. baking powder Cream shortening and sugar--Add eggs, mashed bananas, and milk — Sift in dry- ingredients — Add nuts and vanilla — Bake for about 1 hr. at 350° 0 63 APRICOT CAKE Elizabeth Starr