y* cup butter, i cup sugar, i J^ cups flour, 3 eggs, 3 tablespoon^
fuls milk, I teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda. Mix
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the cream tartar with the flour, stir the butter and sugar together,
beat the yolks and whites of the eggs together thoroughly, then
stir all together a few moments. Flavor with vanilla.
Mary B. McKellar.
PICCOLOMINI CAKE.
I cup butter, 3 cups sugar, 5 eggs, 4 cups flour, i cup sweet
milk, I teaspoonful cream tartar dissolved in milk, i teaspoon ful
soda, wine glass of cold water. Bake immediately 20 minutes.
MELTED BUTTER CAKE.
I Yz cups sugar, ^3 cup of milk, 2 cups flour, 3 eggs, i teaspoon-
ful cream tartar, y^ teaspoonful soda, lemon, y^ cup melted butter
added last.
Mrs. Sar.\h Albee.
NUT CAKE.
I cup sugar, )^ cup butter, 2 cups flour, )^ cup milk, 2 eggs>
I teaspoonful cream tartar, y^ teaspoonful soda, Yz pound walnuts,
I cup raisins, flavor.
LEMON CAKE.
Y-z cup butter, 2 eggs, i cup fine granulated sugar, Yz cup of
milk, 2 cups flour, i teaspoonful baking powder, tiie grated rind of
•e lemon and tablespoon of juice. Beat the butter to a cream and
gradually beat into it the sugar, then the lemon rind and juice.
After beating the eggs, add them, and beat for five minutes, then
add milk, and lastly the flour in which the powder has been thor-
oughly mixed. Beat hard for half a minute, then pour into a but-
tered pan. Bake in a moderate oven 45 minutes. The batter
should be about 3 inches thick in the pah.
Mrs. S. a. Chase, Campbells, Cal.
LOAF CAKE.
i»^ cups sugar, 2 egg (whites), i cup milk, J^ cup butter, 1 tea-
spoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda ; lemon and flour.
18 MACHIAS COOK BOOK.
BRIDE'S CAKE OR NUT CAKE.
I cup sugar, J^ cup butter, J^ cup milk, whites of 3 eggs, i tea-
spoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda, 2 cups flour (scant) .
Nuts chopped and rolled in flour added the last thing.J
FEATHER CAKE.
1 cup sugar, i tablespoonful melted butter, i egg, J4 cup sweet
milk or water, i cup flour sifted with i teaspoonful baking powder,
1 pinch of salt. Flavor to taste.
Mrs H. M. Kell.y
MRS. G.'S LOAF CAKE.
2 cups sugar. 1 cup butter (scant), 3 eggs, i cup milk, 3 cups
flour, I teaspoonful soda, 2 teaspoonful s cream tartar. Soda in
milk, cream tartar in flour. i teaspoonful almond. Stir in as
much flour as you can conveniently before adding milk.
DOVE CAKE.
Y'i cup butter, i^ cups sugar, ^ cup milk, 2j^ cups flour, 3
eggs, I teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda.
Mrs L. D. Chandler.
WALNUT CAKE.
I cup cornstarch, i cup butter, 2 cups sugar, i cup sweet milk,
2 cups flour, whites of 7 eggs. Rub butter and sugar to a cream,
add milk and soda, flour, whites of 7 eggs. Flavor to taste and
stir in )4 cup chopped nuts, figs or citron.
CHEAP CAKE.
xYi cups sugar, 2 eggs, a piece of butter half the size of an ^^^^
X teaspoon of cream tartar, ^^ teaspoon of soda, 2}^ cups of flour;
salt and nutmeg.
Mrs. S. H. Lincoln.
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CINNAMON CAKE.
Yolks of 2 eggs, ^ cup sugar, ^ cup molasses, J^ cup of butter
or lard, ^ cup sour milk, i ^ cups flour, i teaspoon soda, pinch
salt, I teaspoon cinnamon. Bake in 3 layers ; put together with
whites of 2 eggs, about }^ cup of sugar, and 2 or 3,. teaspoons of
cinnamon ; stirred together.
Mrs. Fred Smith, VVillmar, Minn.
AVON SNOW CAKE.
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I cup butter, 2 cups sugar, creamed together ; i cup sweet milk,
I teaspoon ful cream tartar, j4 teaspoonful soda, whites 5 eggs,
beaten to a stiff froth, 3 cups of flour. Flavor.
Ella McCabe.,
MRS. D WELLY'S CAKE (Very Nice.)
Tj4 cups sugar, 4 eggs, j4 cup butter, 2 teaspoonfuls cream
tartar, i teaspoonful soda, i cup milk, 3 cups flour. Flavor to
taste. Mrs. G. W. Hathaway, East Machias, Me.
CHESS CAKES.
1 cup stoned raisins, i lemon, chop together fine (peel and all),
then stir in i egg, ^ cup sugar, make a nice crust as for pies, cut
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
y* cup butter, i cup sugar, i J^ cups flour, 3 eggs, 3 tablespoonfuls milk, I teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda. Mix
the cream tartar with the flour, stir the butter and sugar together, beat the yolks and whites of the eggs together thoroughly, then stir all together a few moments. Flavor with vanilla.
Mary B. McKellar.
PICCOLOMINI CAKE. I cup butter, 3 cups sugar, 5 eggs, 4 cups flour, i cup sweet milk, I teaspoonful cream tartar dissolved in milk, i teaspoonful soda, wine glass of cold water. Bake immediately 20 minutes.
MELTED BUTTER CAKE.
I Yz cups sugar, ^3 cup of milk, 2 cups flour, 3 eggs, i teaspoonful cream tartar, y^ teaspoonful soda, lemon, y^ cup melted butter
added last.
Mrs. Sarah Albee
NUT CAKE.
I cup sugar, )^ cup butter, 2 cups flour, )^ cup milk, 2 eggs> I teaspoonful cream tartar, y^ teaspoonful soda, Yz pound walnuts, I cup raisins, flavor.
LEMON CAKE.
Y-z cup butter, 2 eggs, i cup fine granulated sugar, Yz cup of milk, 2 cups flour, i teaspoonful baking powder, the grated rind of one lemon and tablespoon of juice. Beat the butter to a cream and gradually beat into it the sugar, then the lemon rind and juice. After beating the eggs, add them, and beat for five minutes, then add milk, and lastly the flour in which the powder has been thoroughly mixed. Beat hard for half a minute, then pour into a buttered pan. Bake in a moderate oven 45 minutes. The batter should be about 3 inches thick in the pan.
Mrs. S. a. Chase, Campbells, Cal.
LOAF CAKE. i»^ cups sugar, 2 egg (whites), i cup milk, J^ cup butter, 1 teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda ; lemon and flour.
BRIDE'S CAKE OR NUT CAKE.
I cup sugar, J^ cup butter, J^ cup milk, whites of 3 eggs, i teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda, 2 cups flour (scant) . Nuts chopped and rolled in flour added the last thing.J
FEATHER CAKE.
1 cup sugar, i tablespoonful melted butter, i egg, J4 cup sweet milk or water, i cup flour sifted with i teaspoonful baking powder,
1 pinch of salt. Flavor to taste.
Mrs. H. M. Kelly
MRS. G.'S LOAF CAKE.
2 cups sugar. 1 cup butter (scant), 3 eggs, i cup milk, 3 cups flour, I teaspoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls cream tartar. Soda in milk, cream tartar in flour. i teaspoonful almond. Stir in as much flour as you can conveniently before adding milk.
DOVE CAKE.
Y'i cup butter, i^ cups sugar, ^ cup milk, 2j^ cups flour, 3 eggs, I teaspoonful cream tartar, ^ teaspoonful soda.
Mrs L. D. Chandler.
WALNUT CAKE.
I cup cornstarch, i cup butter, 2 cups sugar, i cup sweet milk,
2 cups flour, whites of 7 eggs. Rub butter and sugar to a cream, add milk and soda, flour, whites of 7 eggs. Flavor to taste and stir in )4 cup chopped nuts, figs or citron.
CHEAP CAKE.
xYi cups sugar, 2 eggs, a piece of butter half the size of an egg
X teaspoon of cream tartar, ^^ teaspoon of soda, 2}^ cups of flour;
salt and nutmeg.
Mrs. S. H. Lincoln.
CINNAMON CAKE.
Yolks of 2 eggs, ^ cup sugar, ^ cup molasses, J^ cup of butter or lard, ^ cup sour milk, i ^ cups flour, i teaspoon soda, pinch salt, I teaspoon cinnamon. Bake in 3 layers ; put together with whites of 2 eggs, about }^ cup of sugar, and 2 or 3,. teaspoons of cinnamon ; stirred together.
Mrs. Fred Smith, Willmar, Minn.
AVON SNOW CAKE.
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I cup butter, 2 cups sugar, creamed together ; i cup sweet milk,
Iteaspoonful cream tartar, j4 teaspoonful soda, whites 5 eggs,
beaten to a stiff froth, 3 cups of flour. Flavor.
Ella McCabe.
MRS. DWELLY'S CAKE (Very Nice.)
Tj4 cups sugar, 4 eggs, j4 cup butter, 2 teaspoonfuls cream tartar, i teaspoonful soda, i cup milk, 3 cups flour. Flavor to taste. Mrs. G. W. Hathaway, East Machias, Me.
CHESS CAKES.
1 cup stoned raisins, i lemon, chop together fine (peel and all),
then stir in i egg, ^ cup sugar, make a nice crust as for pies, cut