A laboratory manual of foods and cookery

1 c. butter 3¼ c. flour 2 c. sugar 2 tsp. baking powder i c. milk whites 6 eggs Lady Baltimore Cake Filling 3 c. sugar i c. water Boil to thread stage and pour on stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs. When begins to thicken add i c. chopped raisins, pecans, and figs. Pound Cake Ingredients : i Ib. butter i Ib. flour i Ib. sugar \ tsp. mace 10 eggs 2 tbsp. brandy Gold Cake Ingredients : 8 yolks of eggs 2\ c. flour f c. butter i tsp. cream of tartar 1 1 c. sugar \ tsp. soda | c. milk i tbsp. vanilla Method : Mix soda and flour and sift 3 times. Cream butter and sugar, beat yolks until very light, add cream of tartar, then add this to the butter and sugar. Mix well and add milk, flour, and flavoring. This recipe is particularly good for small cakes. Date Loaf Cake Ingredients : i Ib. dates (after stoning) i c. flour i Ib. pecans - - shelled 4 eggs i c. sugar i^ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. brandy or \ tsp. salt i tsp. vanilla Method : Wash and stone dates. Wash pecans and add to date pulp. Chop slightly. Beat yolks of eggs until foamy and mix with the sugar through the date and nut mixture. Add flavoring and the sifted dry ingredients and fold in the beaten whites. Bake as a loaf 50 minutes in a moderate oven. Orange Loaf Cake Ingredients : 2 c. sugar 4 eggs | c. butter 2\ c. flour \ c. orange juice 3 tsp. baking powder grated rind of i orange \ tsp. salt Method : Cream the butter, add the sugar and yolks of the eggs. Add to this the grated rind of i orange. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the liquid to the first mixture. Line a deep pan with paraffin paper and allow the cake to bake in moderate oven 35-40 minutes. Coffee Cake Ingredients : 1 c. butter i tsp. cinnamon 2 c. sugar I tsp. cloves 4 eggs I tsp. mace 2 tbsp. molasses \ tsp. allspice i c. cold boiled coffee f c. raisins 3! c. flour f c. currants 5 tsp. baking powder \ c. citron 2 tbsp. brandy Apple Sauce Cake Ingredients : i c. butter 3 c. flour i c. sugar i tsp. soda i egg \ tsp. allspice, cinnamon, i c. molasses and clove i c. apple sauce (unsweetened) \ grated nutmeg \ c. raisins and currants Fruit Cake Ingredients : i Ib. butter 12 eggs i Ib. brown sugar \ Ib. almonds i Ib. flour 2 tsp. nutmeg 3 Ib. raisins 2 tsp. cloves 3 Ib. currants 2 tsp. cinnamon i Ib. mixed fruit peel 3 tbsp. vanilla juice of 2 lemons Molasses Layer Cake Ingredients : i c. molasses i c. hot water | c. sugar 2 eggs 1 c. shortening 2^ c. flour 2 tsp. soda. i tsp. cinnamon i tsp. cloves Method : Follow directions for flour mixtures and bake as a layer cake. Filling for Molasses Cake Ingredients : 1 c. milk \ c. sugar \ cake chocolate i tbsp. cornstarch \ tsp. vanilla Method : Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Mix the sugar and cornstarch and add gradually to the melted chocolate alternately with the milk. Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon constantly in order to prevent lumps and to make a smooth paste. Allow the whole to cook in a double boiler 1 5 minutes. Add flavoring, and when custard has cooled slightly, use as a filling for the molasses cake. NOTE : Whipped cream may be used as the upper covering. This cake is best used as a dessert.