Fish, Flesh and Fowl: A Cook Book of Valuable Recipes, All of which Have ...

Dayton. One cup butter, two cups sugar, three cups flour, five eggs, one-half cup milk, teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda. This cake is very nice spiced a good deal, with raisins and other fruit added. Delicate, i. Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, whites of six eggs, three-quarters cup sweet milk, nearly three cups flour, half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cream tartar; lemon for flavoring. * 2. One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup milk, half teaspoon soda, two cups flour, into which rub one teaspoon cream tartar. Add last the whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Flavor with lemon. Delicious, i. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup milk, three cups flour, three eggs, half teaspoon soda, scant teaspoon cream tartar; stir the butter and sugar together, add beaten yolks, then the beaten whites. Dissolve the soda in the milk, rub cream tartar in the flour and add the last thing. Very nice. 2. One pound sugar, one-half pound butter, yolks of fourteen eggs, one pound flour, two teaspoons cream tartar sifted in flour, one cup sweet cream, one teaspoon soda dissolved in a little water. Bake in a quick oven. Doughnuts. I. Two cups sugar, two cups sour milk, two eggs, small piece melted butter, teaspoon soda, little salt. Make very soft, better to stand a few days before frying. 2. Aunt Caroline's. Two quarts flour, two and a half cups granulated sugar, two eggs, two-thirds cup yeast mixed together; stir teaspoon of cinnamon, teaspoon salt, butter size of a large egg into two-thirds of a pint qf milk heated. Mix the above ingredients with the milk. Rise over night; knead well. 3. Aunt Grant's. Six heaping tablespoons sugar, one of butter, two or three eggs, cup sour milk, half teaspoon soda, spice. 4* One pint sweet milk, one teaspoon soda, two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, four eggs, one nutmeg, salt, flour enough to roll out. Molasses Drop. One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one-half cup butter or lard, one cup cold water, one egg, one large teaspoon soda, five cups flour. Flavor with cloves and cinnamon. English Walnut. One scant cup butter, two cups sugar, three cups flour, one cup milk, four eggs, one pound English walnuts, one teaspoon cream tartar, half teaspoon soda. Bake in sheets. Feather. One and a half cups sugar, three cups flour, one-quarter cup butter, three-quarters cup milk, two eggs, two teaspoons cream tartar, one teaspoon soda, salt, flavor with lemon. Fig. Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup milk, whites of five eggs, beaten stiff, three cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder; about one cup figs cut up quite fine and sifted over with flour. Soaking them over night in wine or brandy improves them. Nice. Filling for a Layer Cake. Grate one large, tart apple, one lemon grated and the juice squeezed out, one egg, one cup sugar. Let this boil for five minutes; stir it constantly. Eat while fresh. French. Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup milk, three cups flour, two teaspoons cream tartar, one teaspoon soda dissolved in milk. Beat the sugar, butter, cream tartar and yolks together, whites separately, four eggs. French Loaf. One pound sugar, half pound butter, two eggs, half pint milk, one pound flour, one tea-spoon soda, one pound raisins, one cup currants, one nutmeg, citron, wine-glass of brandy. Fruit. One pound citron, two pounds currants, two pounds raisins, one pound flour, one pound butter, one pound sugar, nine eggs, half teaspoon soda, half cup molasses, teaspoon each, cloves, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and allspice, and two of lemon. 2. Five eggs, two cups brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, one and a half cups butter, three and a half cups flour, three-quarters pound citron, one and a half pounds currants, same of raisins, spice of all kinds. Bake three or four hours very slowly.