I
Mix 1 egg with ^ cup sugar and add Vz teasp soda dis-
solved in 6 tablesp buttermilk; then mix in 6 tablesp flour and
bake in a narrow, shallow tin. When done turn out on a
towel, spread with jelly, or any preferred filling, while the
cake is still warm, and roll it up, leaving the towel around it
until the cake is cold. This makes a small roll and is very
nice.— [Mrs. C. E. P., N. Y.
Brown Loaf Cake
Cream 2 cups brown sugar with % cup butter, (or butter
and lard mixed), add 2 eggs, ^2 cup sour cream in which
has been dissolved 1 teasp soda, V2 cup water, 14 cake choco-
late dissolved in a little hot water, 1 teasp vanilla, and 2 cups
flour. This is my favorite recipe. — [Mrs. L. L. D., Va.
SPICE AND FRUIT CAKES 39
Graham Cake
Beat 1 egg with 2 tablesp sugar, add 1 teasp salt, 1 pt butter-
milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, and then stir in about 2
pts graham flour to make a moderately stiff batter (flours vary-
so that it is hard to name the exact amount). Lastly mix in 3
tablesp melted butter and bake in a dripping pan about 30 min-
utes in a moderate oven. — [Mrs. B. B. M., Kan.
Nut Layer Cake
To V2 cup sugar add 1 egg well beaten, % cup sour cream
in which dissolve 1 level teasp soda, ^ cup molasses, and 2
cups flour. Bake in three layers. For filling use 1 cup thick
sweet cream whipped until stiff, sweeten with powdered sugar,
flavor to taste, and add I cup nut meats. — [Mrs. W. C. T., N. Y.
Chocolate Cake
Cream ^/^ cup butter with 1 cup sugar,, add beaten yolks 2
eggs, 1^ cup grated chocolate dissolved in a very little hot
water, i/^ cup buttermilk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, 2 cups
flour, ✪ Blackberry Jam Cake and lastly the beaten whites of 2 eggs. Flavor with
vanilla and frost with white frosting. — [Mrs. W. C. T., N. Y.
Steamed Fruit Cake
Cream V2 cup butter with l^^ cups sugar, add 2 eggs, 1 cup
sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, and 3 cups flour
sifted with 1 teasp cinnamon and 14 teasp each cloves and
nutmeg. Lastly add 1 cup each raisins and currants and steam
the cake I'^A hours, after which place in moderate oven for
15 minutes. — [L. P., 111.
Layer Fruit and Nut Cake
Cream 14 cup butter with 1 cup sugar, add 1 egg, 1 cup
sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, scant 2i/^ cups flour
sifted with 1 teasp cinnamon, and ^ teasp each cloves and
nutmeg. Next add 1 cup chopped raisins, ^^ cup candied lemon
or orange peel, cut fine, and lastly % cup nut meats and 1
teasp vanilla extract. Bake in layers and put together with
caramel filling. — [L. P., 111.
White Fruit Cake
Cream 1 cup sugar and 1^ cup butter, add 2 eggs, 1 cup but-
termilk, and flour enough to make a stiff batter, sifted with
1 teasp each soda and baking powder. Flavor with lemon
extract, and lastly mix in lightly 1 cup chopped and seeded
raisins, dredged with flour. — [L. H., Minn.
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Indian Cake
Mix 2 cups corn meal, 1 cup flour, % cup sugar, 1 teasp soda
and 1 teasp salt. In another bowl break 3 eggs, beat them
up, and add y2 cup melted butter which has been allowed to
cool. Then mix in 2 cups rich sour milk and pour this liquid
mixture into the flour and thoroughly mix the whole. Bake at
once in flat tin pans, or as a loaf cake. — [Mrs. E. E. S., Pa.
Buttermilk Fruit Cake ✪ Apple Pound Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mix 1 egg with ^ cup sugar and add Vz teasp soda dissolved in 6 tablesp buttermilk; then mix in 6 tablesp flour and bake in a narrow, shallow tin. When done turn out on a towel, spread with jelly, or any preferred filling, while the cake is still warm, and roll it up, leaving the towel around it until the cake is cold. This makes a small roll and is very nice.— [Mrs. C. E. P., N. Y.
Brown Loaf Cake
Cream 2 cups brown sugar with % cup butter, (or butter and lard mixed), add 2 eggs, ^2 cup sour cream in which has been dissolved 1 teasp soda, V2 cup water, 14 cake chocolate dissolved in a little hot water, 1 teasp vanilla, and 2 cups flour. This is my favorite recipe. — [Mrs. L. L. D., Va.
SPICE AND FRUIT CAKES 39
Graham Cake
Beat 1 egg with 2 tablesp sugar, add 1 teasp salt, 1 pt buttermilk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, and then stir in about 2 pts graham flour to make a moderately stiff batter (flours varyso that it is hard to name the exact amount). Lastly mix in 3 tablesp melted butter and bake in a dripping pan about 30 minutes in a moderate oven. — [Mrs. B. B. M., Kan.
Nut Layer Cake
To V2 cup sugar add 1 egg well beaten, % cup sour cream in which dissolve 1 level teasp soda, ^ cup molasses, and 2 cups flour. Bake in three layers. For filling use 1 cup thick sweet cream whipped until stiff, sweeten with powdered sugar, flavor to taste, and add I cup nut meats. — [Mrs. W. C. T., N. Y.
Chocolate Cake
Cream ^/^ cup butter with 1 cup sugar,, add beaten yolks 2 eggs, 1^ cup grated chocolate dissolved in a very little hot water, i/^ cup buttermilk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, 2 cups flour, and lastly the beaten whites of 2 eggs. Flavor with vanilla and frost with white frosting. — [Mrs. W. C. T., N. Y.
Steamed Fruit Cake
Cream V2 cup butter with l^^ cups sugar, add 2 eggs, 1 cup sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, and 3 cups flour sifted with 1 teasp cinnamon and 14 teasp each cloves and nutmeg. Lastly add 1 cup each raisins and currants and steam the cake I'^A hours, after which place in moderate oven for 15 minutes. — [L. P., 111.
Layer Fruit and Nut Cake
Cream 14 cup butter with 1 cup sugar, add 1 egg, 1 cup sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, scant 2i/^ cups flour sifted with 1 teasp cinnamon, and ^ teasp each cloves and nutmeg. Next add 1 cup chopped raisins, ^^ cup candied lemon or orange peel, cut fine, and lastly % cup nut meats and 1 teasp vanilla extract. Bake in layers and put together with caramel filling. — [L. P., 111.
White Fruit Cake
Cream 1 cup sugar and 1^ cup butter, add 2 eggs, 1 cup buttermilk, and flour enough to make a stiff batter, sifted with 1 teasp each soda and baking powder. Flavor with lemon extract, and lastly mix in lightly 1 cup chopped and seeded raisins, dredged with flour. — [L. H., Minn.
Indian Cake
Mix 2 cups corn meal, 1 cup flour, % cup sugar, 1 teasp soda and 1 teasp salt. In another bowl break 3 eggs, beat them up, and add y2 cup melted butter which has been allowed to cool. Then mix in 2 cups rich sour milk and pour this liquid mixture into the flour and thoroughly mix the whole. Bake at once in flat tin pans, or as a loaf cake. — [Mrs. E. E. S., Pa.
Buttermilk Fruit Cake
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