The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book

DATE TART. Mrs. W. C. Abbott. Seven eggs beaten separately, one and one-fourth cups sugar, one cup dates chopped fine and dredged in three-fourths cup cracker meal, one teaspoon baking powder, juice of one lemon, one teaspoon each of cloves and cinnamon. Bake, three-fourths of an hour in a slow oven in a deep pan like fruit cake. . NUT TART. Mrs. W. C. Abbott. Eleven eggs beaten separately, one and one-half cups of sugar, sifted three times, one and one-half cups of cracker meal sifted three times, one pound of English walnuts chopped fine. Flavor with vanilla. Bake one hour in a moderate oven. Ice and put walnuts on top, TILDEN CAKE. Mrs. W. T. Leader. One cup butter, two cups sugar, one pulverized and one of granulated, one cup sweet milk, three cups of flour, one-half cup corn starch, four eggs, beaten separately, two teaspoons baking powder, sifted with the flour and corn starch, two teaspoons lemon extract. Add the whites of the eggs last with the flour. May be baked in layers or loaf. VANITY CAKE. Mrs. Frank Gates. One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, two cups flour, one teaspoon baking powder, whites of six eggs, well beaten and put in last thing. Beat butter first, add sugar next. Flavor to taste. WHITE CAKE. Mrs. J. W. Fleming. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one-half cup milk or water, three cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, whites of three eggs. Flavor to taste. WHITE CAKE. Mrs. Hugh Marshall. Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, three cups flour, three small teaspoons baking powder whites of eight eggs. WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE. Mrs. Henry Ewing. Two cups butter, three cups sugar, five cups flour, one cup milk, four teaspoons baking powder, eight eggs. Use coffee cups. Flavor to taste. WHITE WEDDING CAKE. To a good white cake recipe add one pound of air monds blanched and chopped, one fresh cocoanut and one pound of chopped citron, one-half pound each of candied cherries and candied pineapples. Chopped prunes may be used instead of currants in cake. LAYER CAKES. APPLE SAUCE CAKE. Mrs. Jno. W. Hays. One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one and onehalf cup apple sauce, one teaspoon soda, two cups of flour, one cup raisins, one teaspoon baking powder in flour, spices to taste and a pinch of salt. Bake in two layers, use boiled icing for filling. ALMOND CREAM CAKE. Bake angel cake in layers and use this filling : Half pint sweet cream, yolks of three eggs, one tablespoon pulverized sugar, one teaspoon corn starch dissolved in milk. Boil cream, add corn starch, sugar and eggs beaten together and one and a half pounds of almonds — blanched and chopped. CARAMEL CAKE. Mrs. Georgie Bell, Lincoln, Neb.