The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book

Crumb flour, butter, sugar and baking powder. Reserve y2 cup of this mixture ; add the eggs and milk. Put in buttered pan, sprinkle with remaining half cup of mixture, and bake in a moderate oven. MRS. M. PUHL. Date and Nut Loaf. 1 lb of stoned dates; 1 lb of nuts: 1 cup of sugar; 1 cup of flour; 4 eggs, beaten separately; 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 1 teaspoonful of vanilla: % teaspoonful of salt. Cream yolks of eggs and sugar, sift baking powder and salt into flour, stir into mixture, then fold in the beaten whites lightly, add vanilla and drop in dates and nuts a few at a time; stir well, then drop all in a loaf pan and bake slowly one hour. MRS. G. E. WRIGHT. Cup Cake. 1 cup of butter; 2 cups of sugar: 3 cups of flour; 1 cup of milk : 1 cup of raisins ; 1 cup of currants ; 1 cup of pecans: 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 4 eggs; 1/10 teaspoonful of allspice: rind of one lemon. Bake one hour. MISS IRMA OCHS. Chocolate Molasses Cake. 6 yolks of eggs ; whites of two ; 1 cup brown sugar ; 1 cup molasses : 1 cup pecans ; 7 squares of sweet chocolate: 3 cups of flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; a small piece of citron: knife point each of cloves, cinnamon and allspice. Mix well, bake in a bread pan, and cut in squares when baked. MRS. EMIL WEBER. — 131 — Fruit Cake. 1 lb butter; 1 lb sugar; 6 eggs; orange and lemon peel; 1 glass wine; 1 glass brandy; *4 lb cocoa; % lb cherries (sugared); y2 cup molasses; y2 cup sour milk; 1 teaspoon soda; 1 teaspoon of allspice, cinnamon and cloves; 1 teaspoon ginger; 2 teaspoons baking powder ; 1 lb raisins ; 1 lb currants ; y2 lb pecans ; % lb citron; y2 lb figs; V2 lb dates; 14 lb almonds (or other kinds of fruit desired) ; flour enough to stiffen. Citron Pound Cake. % lb butter; 1 lb sugar; 8 eggs; 1 lb flour; 1*4 lb citron. Cream the butter and sugar. Add beaten yolks of eggs and the flour. Add the beaten whites of eggs, then the finely chopped citron, lightly dredged with flour. Bake iy2 to 2 hours. MRS. HERMAN USENER. Fruit Cake. (Prize Cake.) 12 eggs; 1 pound sugar; 1 pound butter; 1 pound pecans ; 1 pound currants ; 1 pound raisins ; 1 pound dates or figs ; 14 pound citron ; 14 pound lemon and orange peeling: 1 large apple; 1 grated nutmeg; 1 wine glass of brandy ; 1' teaspoon!' ul of cinnamon ; y2 teaspoonful of cloves; y2 teaspoonful of mace; y2 teaspoonful of allspice; 1 pound of flour; 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; a pinch of salt. Cream together butter and sugar to a paste, adding the well beaten yolks, then all the fruit, spices and — 132 — brandy, flour and baking powder, lastly adding the whites of the eggs, well beaten. Bake two or three hours. MISS MET A DIETZ. Cup Fruit Cake. % cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 1 eup milk; 3 eggs; 3 cups flour; 1 cup nuts; 1 eup raisins; 3 level teaspoonfuls baking powder. ROSA DECHERT. Devil's Food Cake. PART 1. 1 cup brown sugar ; y2 cup butter ; y2 cup sweet milk ; yolks of 3 eggs ; 2 cups flour ; 1 teaspoon soda. PART 2. 1/0 cup cocoa; 1 cup brown sugar; y2 cup sweet milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla, Boil and when cool mix with part 1. Bake in slow oven. MRS. WM. B1ERSCHWALE. Potato Fruit Cake.