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1894

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Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
2. One cup sugar, half cup butter, two cups milk, two cups flour, two eggs, teaspoon soda; grate two squares chocolate, mix with another half cup milk, add yolk of one egg^ one teaspoon vanilla and sweeten to taste. Boil the mixture until soft, add to the other, bake three-quarters of an hour. 3 One cup sugar, one-fourth cup butter, one-fourth cup milk, one-half cup grated chocolate, dissolved in one-fourth cup boiling water, two eggs, one cup bread 68 CAKE. flour, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda. Flavor with vanilla and frost with boiled choco- late frosting. Chocolate Cocoanut. One-half cup butter, one cup ■sugar, one egg and yolks of two, one cup sweet milk, two cups flour, one tablespoon baking powder, two small cakes of chocolate, one-fourth cup cocoa- nut, salt; beat sugar and butter together, add the beaten eggs, flour, powder and milk; put cocoanut in -milk to soften, and add melted chocolate last. Bake in three layers. Fill with one cup sugar, boil until it •hairs; beat the whites of the two eggs to a stiff froth, add one-fourth cake chocolate, one-fourth cup cocoa- nut. Flavor with vanilla. Improves by keeping a little while. Citron. One pound sugar, three-quarters pound butter, one pound flour, eight eggs, half cup sour milk, one-half teaspoon cream tartar, one teaspoon soda, one pound citron. Clove. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, two cups •stoned raisins, chopped fine, one teaspoon cloves, two of nutmeg, one and one-half of cinnamon, one cup milk, two eggs, one-half teaspoon soda, one tea- spoon cream tartar, two and one-half cups flour. This cake is better when a week old than when first baked. Cocoanut. i. One cup sugar, two cups flour, two cups cocoanut, two tablespoons butter, two eggs, tea- spoon cream tartar, half teaspoon soda. Soak the cocoanut in a cup of milk. 2. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup milk, four cups flour, teaspoon soda, two of cream tartar, whites of seven eggs, one cup grated cocoanut. Frosting: — Whites of three eggs, one cup grated cocoanut, sugar as for other frosting. CAKE. 69 3- Four cups flour, three cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup milk, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half tea- spoon soda, five eggs, one cocoanut grated, juice of a lemon. 4* One pound sugar, one-half pound butter, three- quarters pound flour, five eggs, one cocoanut grated. 5* One cup butter, two cups sugar, whites of ten Gggs, four cups flour, one cup milk, one cup prepared cocoanut soaked in the milk, two teaspoons baking powder. Bake in sheets in a rather quick oven. If you use the fresh cocoanut use two cups of it. 6. One, Two, Three, Four. One cup butter, twa cups sugar, three cups flour, four eggs (using the whites only), one cup milk, one teaspoon cream tartar sifted into the flour, one-half teaspoon soda in the milk, one-half of a cocoanut, grated, and stirred in at the last. Cocoanut Cream. Three eggs, one cup sugar, one cup flour, two tablespoons melted butter, three table-^ spoons mil]c, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda. Filling: — One-half pint milk, one tablespoon flour, small pinch salt, three tablespoons sugar, yolk of one egg\ the white for frosting. Use shredded cocoanut in both frosting and filling, and flavor with vanilla. Cold Water. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup cold water, four cups flour, one cup each raisins and currants, three eggs, teaspoon soda, half teaspoon cream tartar, salt, teaspoon each of all kinds spice. Put all together and stir well with the hand until smooth. Composition. Two cups butter, three cups sugar, one cup milk, five cups flour, five eggs, one pound raisins,^ one nutmeg, teaspoon soda. 70 CAKE. Cocoanut Cookies