The Elm City cook book

“It [Cocoa] is a perfect food, as wholesome as delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power; but its quality must be good, and it must be carefully prepared. Itis highly nourishing and easily digested, and is fitted to repair wasted strength, preserve health, and prolong life, It agrees with dry temperaments and convalescents; with mothers who nursé their children; with those whose occupations oblige them to undergo severe mental strains; with public speakers and with all those who give to work a portion of the time needed for sleep. It soothes both stomach and brain, and for this reason, as well as for others, it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.” CONSUMERS SHOULD ASK FOR AND BE SURE THAT THEY GET THE GENUINE WALTER BAKER & CO.’S Goods, made at DORCHESTER, MASS., U. S. A. PREP EH yy A R[illustration: SPONGES, CHAMOIS, EVERYTHING FOR BATH, AT BRADHAM'S.]. ORANGE CAKE. Ten eggs, reserving whites of three, one pound fine granulated sugar, grated peel of two lemons, and juice of one, one-half pound flour. Bake in layers. Make a boiled icing of the whites and three cups sugar, adding the juice of one lemon, reserve part of the icing for top, into the other put rind and juice of one orange, and spread between layers, using the reserved icing for the top. FAVORITE CAKE. Take one egg, one cup sour milk, half cup brown sugar, half cup molasses, one teaspoonful soda, desolved in little hot water, one tablespoonful melted butter, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one and half cups flour. Bake in two layers; use chocolate filling or jelly. [illustration: All Kinds of Fresh Spices, at Davis' Pharmacy.] RIBBON CAKE. Two cups sugar, half cup butter, four eggs, one heaping teaspoonful Royal powder, one cup milk, three cups flour, one teaspoonful vanilla, one tablespoonful cinnamon, one cup currants, one quarter pound chopped citron. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, then add the yolks and beat thoroughly, now add vanilla and milk, then the flour. Beat the whites to a stiff froth, add to the batter, add baking powder, stir in just enough to mix. ‘Take one third of batter add currants, chopped citron and cinnamon. Bake dark in one layer and place between the white, using a little jelly. BOILED ICING, Three cups granulated sugar dissolved in one cup of water, boil until it ropes from the spoon. Beat whites of three eggs to a stiff froth and pour very slowly over the whites, beating steadily. Add juice of one lemon, and beat five minutes longer. BOILED ICING No. 2. To two cups granulated sugar, add three quarter cups water, boil it until it will rope from the spoon. Beat the whites of three eggs very stiff. When syrup is done, put in a large bowl and beat hard until it has a milky appearance. ‘Then by degrees add the white squeeze in the juice of a lemon, continue to beat until very thick and light. CARAMEL CAKE. Three eggs, one and half cups sugar, three fourths cup butter, one half cup milk, two and quarter cups flour with one and half teaspoonfuls Royal powder. Bake in jelly pans, spread with the following mixture: One pint brown sugar, butter size of an egg, half cup milk, cook until it thickens. LEMON CAKE. Two cups sugar, half cup butter, one of milk, three eggs, two teaspoonfuls Royal powder sifted in three and half cups flour. Bake in jelly tins. FILLING. One cup sugar, juice and grated rind of one lemon, one cup hot water, one heaping teaspoonful butter, two heaping teaspoonfuls cornstarch or flour dissolved in little water, yolks of two eggs. Putin a double boiler and stir until it thickens; spread between layers. CHOCOLATE FILLING.