Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

Work the butter and sugar to a cream, add the beaten eggs, grated nutmeg, prepared fruit, chopped lemons, cream and saleratus, and then the sifted flour. Bake in large or small pans, as preferred. baker's division. 189 MRS. PRIDE'S WEDDING CAKE. Butter I pound. Sugar i^ pounds. Flour I pound. Eggs 12. Rasins seeded, chopped and floured, 3 pounds. English currants washed, dried and floured 3, pounds. Citron cut thin and small i pound. Madeira wine 2 ounces. Brandy 4 ounces. Rose water i ounce. Grated nutmegs 2. Finely ground cinnamon 2 tea-spoonfuls. Mace finely ground i tea-spoonful. Cloves finely ground i tea-spoonful. Currant jelly well beaten i pint. Bake about 4 hours. in moderate oven. Follow general directions of No. 2 above. FRENCH LOAF CAKE. Sugar I pound. Butter ^ pound. Flour one-half pound. Eggs 8. Milk 2 table-spoonfuls. Soda J^ tea-spoonful. One good sized lemon grated and chopped. Mix the sugar and butter, then the yolks, then the whites, then the lemon and flour, and lastly the soda and milk, having been mixed, are put in. PATRIOT CAKE. Flour I pound. Sugar I pound. Raisins i pound. Butter one-half pound Cream one'half pint. Wine ^ pint. Brandy J^ pint Eggs 4. Soda I tea-spoonful. FRENCH CAKE. Eggs I dozen. Loaf sugar i pound. Peel of I lemon. Wheat flour one-half pound. Rice flour one-half pound. Sweet almonds 4 ounces. Bitter almonds i ounce. Orange flower water i ounce. The yolks and white of the eggs are to be beaten separately, the sugar to be pounded and sifted, the lemon peel is to be grated, the wheat flour to be dried and sifted, the rice flour also to be sifted, and the almonds to be beaten into a pulpy mass in a mortar, then the orange flower water to be put in with them and thoroughly rubbed together, and then the whole to be mixed, the pan prepared with white paper, then buttered, and then baked for i hour. baker's division. 191 HALFORD LOAF CAKE. Flour 2)^ pounds. Sugar I ]^ pounds. Butter I yl pounds. Nutmegs 2. Mace % ounce. Eggs 2. Milk I pint. Raisins i pound. Distillers' or other good yeast i gill. Brandy, wine, and other fruit to taste. Rub 'the butter into the flour at night, and have the milk warm and add the yeast, and mix it thoroughly, and set to rise in the morning. When light add the other articles, heat thoroughly and put in pans, and after an hour bake. JELLY CAKE. Sugar I cup. Cream i cup. Eggs 2. Saleratus yi tea-spoonful or soda i tea-spoonful, (the soda is most used.) Ext of lemon or vanilla 2 tea-spoonfuls. If too thin, use a little more flour ; and if cream is very sour it will require a little more saleratus or soda. This will be baked in thin cakes and laid up, with any kind of jelly you choose between the layers, and frosted or not as any one chooses. COOKIES. Sugar 2 cups. Melted butter I cup. Eggs 2. Sour milk one and one-half cup. Soda one and one-half tea-spoonfuls. Stir the sugar, butter and eggs to a cream, then put in the milk, soda and flour to make as soft a batter as can be rolled ; herein lies the secret of success. NO. 2. Butter I cup. Sugar I cup. Sweet milk i cup. • Eggs 2. Baking-powder i rounding tea-spoonful. Use sufficient flour only to make as soft as you can roll out and cut. ORANGE JELLY CAKE. Flour 2 cups. Sugar 2 cups.