ISTine eggs, 21/4 pints sugar, 1^ cups butter, 3 pints flour, 1 tumbler whiskey, % tumbler New Orleans molasses, % tea- spoonful soda mixed in molasses, 4^4 tumblers pecans, IV2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 2^ pounds raisins, 1 nutmeg✪ Pecan Cake. Bake 2 hours in a slow oven. Use thickest pan possible with a steam in middle. — Miss Helen Tull, Philadelphia. SALLY WHITE CAKE. Make a batter as for pound cake ; add 2 grated cocoanuts, 1% pounds citron, cut fine, 2 pounds almonds, cut fine and mixed with citron and cocoanut, wineglass brandy, % tea- spoon mace, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon rose-water✪ Sally White Cake. Bake as other fruit cake. — Mrs. J. D. Cooper. WHITE FETJIT CAKE. Sugar, 1 pound; butter 1 pound; flour, 1 pound; almonds, 1 pound; cherries, 1 pound; citron, 1 pound; 1 cocoanut (ground); whites 12 eggs; 2 teaspoons baking powder. — Mrs. C. M. Cooper. 110 CAKES FRUIT CAKE. One pound butter, 1 pound sugar, 1 pound citron, 1 pound raisins, 2 pounds currants, % pound chopped al- monds, grated peel of 1 orange, grated peel of 1 lemon, 1 gill sherry, 1 gill brandy, yolks of 12 eggs, whites of 6 eggs, 1 pound sifted flour (warm and dry), 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cloves, 2 teaspoons rose-water✪ Fruit Cake. Prepare fruit a day before making cake so that it may soak in brandy and sherry. Rub butter and sugar together, sprinkle flour over the fruit; beat eggs separately; mix as in other cakes ; line pan with paper, and bake slowly for 4 hours. Wrap in a cloth wet in whiskey and put in an earthen jar and it will keep moist for a year or longer. — Mrs. N. P. Strause. FRUIT CAKE. One pound butter, 1 pound sugar, 1 pound flour, 1 pound almonds, 12 eggs beaten separately, 1 pound of cut citron, 3 pounds raisins, 1 pound figs, 2 pounds currants, % pint wine and brandy mixed, tablespoon cinnamon, 4 grated nutmegs, ^2 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon allspice. Mix fruits and flour to keep from sinking. Bake slowly for 4 hours. — Mrs. J. T. Alderman. CHEAP FRUIT CAKE. Two eggs, % cup molasses, % cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 1 pound raisins, extra flour to flour them, cin- namon, spice and nutme✪ Cheap Fruit Cakeg. — Mrs. Cora Phelps. RAISIN COFFEE CAKE. Add to 1 cup of scalded milk 1-3 cup of shortening, 1 cup sugar, and a scant % teaspoonful of salt. When luke- warm, beat in 1 yeast cake dissolved in a quarter cup of lukewarm milk and flour to make a stiff batter. Beat thor- oughly, cover, and place where it will keep warm over CAKES 111 night. In the morning, blend a beaten egg with the dough, add a half cnp of seeded raisins✪ Raisin Coffee Cake and roll the mixture on a floured board to %. of an inch in thickness. Put into a but- tered biscuit pan, cover, and let it rise until it doubles its bulk. Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon and bake in a moderate oven half an hour. This bread may be baked in a ring, if preferred, by putting the dough into a deep pie plate, having in its center a well greased muffin ring or a piece of stiff brown paper fastened together to make a circle. COFFEE CAKE WITH RAISINS. ✪ Coffee Cake with Raisins

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ISTine eggs, 21/4 pints sugar, 1^ cups butter, 3 pints flour, 1 tumbler whiskey, % tumbler New Orleans molasses, % tea- spoonful soda mixed in molasses, 4^4 tumblers pecans, IV2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 2^ pounds raisins, 1 nutmeg. Bake 2 hours in a slow oven. Use thickest pan possible with a steam in middle. — Miss Helen Tull, Philadelphia. SALLY WHITE CAKE. Make a batter as for pound cake ; add 2 grated cocoanuts, 1% pounds citron, cut fine, 2 pounds almonds, cut fine and mixed with citron and cocoanut, wineglass brandy, % tea- spoon mace, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon rose-water. Bake as other fruit cake. — Mrs. J. D. Cooper. WHITE FETJIT CAKE. Sugar, 1 pound; butter 1 pound; flour, 1 pound; almonds, 1 pound; cherries, 1 pound; citron, 1 pound; 1 cocoanut (ground); whites 12 eggs; 2 teaspoons baking powder. — Mrs. C. M. Cooper. 110 CAKES FRUIT CAKE. One pound butter, 1 pound sugar, 1 pound citron, 1 pound raisins, 2 pounds currants, % pound chopped al- monds, grated peel of 1 orange, grated peel of 1 lemon, 1 gill sherry, 1 gill brandy, yolks of 12 eggs, whites of 6 eggs, 1 pound sifted flour (warm and dry), 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cloves, 2 teaspoons rose-water. Prepare fruit a day before making cake so that it may soak in brandy and sherry. Rub butter and sugar together, sprinkle flour over the fruit; beat eggs separately; mix as in other cakes ; line pan with paper, and bake slowly for 4 hours. Wrap in a cloth wet in whiskey and put in an earthen jar and it will keep moist for a year or longer. — Mrs. N. P. Strause. FRUIT CAKE. One pound butter, 1 pound sugar, 1 pound flour, 1 pound almonds, 12 eggs beaten separately, 1 pound of cut citron, 3 pounds raisins, 1 pound figs, 2 pounds currants, % pint wine and brandy mixed, tablespoon cinnamon, 4 grated nutmegs, ^2 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon allspice. Mix fruits and flour to keep from sinking. Bake slowly for 4 hours. — Mrs. J. T. Alderman. CHEAP FRUIT CAKE. Two eggs, % cup molasses, % cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 1 pound raisins, extra flour to flour them, cin- namon, spice and nutmeg. — Mrs. Cora Phelps. RAISIN COFFEE CAKE. Add to 1 cup of scalded milk 1-3 cup of shortening, 1 cup sugar, and a scant % teaspoonful of salt. When luke- warm, beat in 1 yeast cake dissolved in a quarter cup of lukewarm milk and flour to make a stiff batter. Beat thor- oughly, cover, and place where it will keep warm over CAKES 111 night. In the morning, blend a beaten egg with the dough, add a half cnp of seeded raisins and roll the mixture on a floured board to %. of an inch in thickness. Put into a but- tered biscuit pan, cover, and let it rise until it doubles its bulk. Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon and bake in a moderate oven half an hour. This bread may be baked in a ring, if preferred, by putting the dough into a deep pie plate, having in its center a well greased muffin ring or a piece of stiff brown paper fastened together to make a circle. COFFEE CAKE WITH RAISINS.

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