Favorite recipes (St. Luke's Mission, Durham, 1956)

Black pepper, cayenne pepper, and salt to taste. Combine all ingredients and heat together thoroughly. Makes 2 l/2 quarts. Barbecue Sauce for Chicken: 3/4 lb. butter 2 cups vinegar 1 teaspoon dry mustard 2 cups water 1/2 cup minced onion 1 teaspoon sugar 1 large clove garlic, minced Melt butter and add other ingredients. Simmer slowly until onions are tender - about 25 min. Add salt to taste, and a dash of cayenne pepper if more sharpness is desired. Makes about 1 qt. of sauce. 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce Grated rind 1/2 lemon 2 cups tomato catsup Mrs. John H, King CAKES HOT MILK CAKE 4 eggs (room temperature) 2 cups sugar 2 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1/4 lb. butter 1 teaspoon vanilla Preheat oven to 325°. Beat eggs until real thick and lemony. Add sugar a small amount at a time, beating after each addition. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Add bo egg mixture and beat. Heat milk. Add butter to milk and let m.elt. Beat into egg and flour mixture. Add vanilla and beat. Grease and flour tube cake pan. Bake 1 hr. at 325. Leave in pan about 5 min, before removing. Mrs. A. Sprague VELVET CHOCOLATE FROSTING 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted l/4 cup melted butter or margarine 4 egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream well and spread on cooled cake, Ethel Meacham Sponge cake 10 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 1 lemon Sift flour 3 or 4 times; sift sugar. Separate eggs, beat egg yolks and sugar well. Add the juice and rind of lemon, fold in whites of eggs that have been beaten stiff, add flour slowly, beat thoroughly. Bake in flue pan at 375° for 45 minutes, or until done. Virginia Carter MARKET CAKE 4 cups plain flour 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup sweet milk 8 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 lb. butter 1 teaspoon lemon extract Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg yolks, then milk. Sift together flour and baking powder, mix well. Last of all add beaten egg whites and flavoring. Grease and line large tube pan with wax paper, and bake slowly until done. Mrs. David Bond MEN'S BUTTER CAKE 1/2 lb. butter (2 sticks) 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 cups flour Cream butter and sugar, add egg and beat "well, add flour gradually and blend in well. Pour into ungreased one-layer cake pan. Bake at 350° for 45 min. Serve warm or cooled cut into wedges or for pie. Helen Tull MILK CHOCOLATE CAKE 3/4 cup butter 3 cups sifted flour 2 cups sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs 1 1/2 teasDOon soda 1 1/2 cups buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla 11/2 tablespoons vinegar Cream butter and add sugar gradually. Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time. Sift flour and salt together and add alternately with milk, to which, vanilla has been added. Add melted chocolate. Dissolve soda in vinegar and beat in last. Bake in moderate oven. Makes 3 9-in. layers. Milk Chocolate Icing: 2 sqs. bitter chocolate 6 tablespoons butter 1 1/2 lbs. confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 7 tablespoons sweet cream Melt chocolate and butter, add vanilla and cream. Beat in powdered sugar and continue beating until mixture is creanry and quite fluffy. Spread between layers and top and sides of cake. Mrs. W. W. Jenkins