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Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with ..

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cream three-fourths of a pound of butter with one pound of brown sugar and add ten eggs, the yolks and whites of which bave been beaten separately. Afterward put in one cup of molasses, a grated nutmeg, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of cloves, half a teaspoon of allspice, and a wine-glass of brandy, and mix thoroughly. Then add one pound of flourBlack Cake for Weddings, and the last thing two pounds of currants, two pounds of raisins, half a pound of citron. The raisios must be chopped and flour rubbed through the currants. Bake in a moderate oven two and a half or three hours. Bride'8 Oake To one-half pound of butter, creamed, add one pound of sugar, one pound of flour, and the whites of sixteen eggs beaten stifF. In baking, take care not to jar the oven. 842 MR8. SSELT'S COOK BOOK Bread Oake Two Clips of dough that has risen, two cups of white sogar, one oup of butter creamed with the sugar, three eggs, one even teaspoonful of baking soda, two tablespoonfuls of milk or cream, half a pound of currants, one teaspoonful of nutmeg, and one teaspoonful of clovesBread Cake. Beat the yolks very light, then add the creamed butter, sugar, spices, milk, soda, and dough, then the beaten whites of the eggs, and lastly the fruit. Beat hard for five minutes, then put in two buttered pans and let it rise for twenty minutes. Bake half an hour or more. Oinnamon Sticks with Icing Four ounces of almond paste, the white of one egg« four ounces of powdered sugar, one teaspoonful of ground oinna- mCinnamon Sticks with Icingon. Mix ali together, place on a floured board, and roU very thin. Cut the paste into long strips, about three fingers Wide and two inches long. Make an icing as f oUows : — for Oinnamon Sticke Mix the whites of two eggs with half a poimd of powdered sugar, add half a teaspoonfiQ of ground cinnamon and a few drops of lemon juice. Stir five minutes, then cover the strips of paste. Lay them on buttered tins and bake in moderate oven. Ohooolate Loaf Oake One large cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two eggs, half a cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little hot water, one-third of a cake of chocolate melted, and two cups of fiour. Add yanilla to taste. Ohooolate FUling for Flain Lasrer Oake Two squares of Baker's chocolate, one teacup of sugar, one teacup of waterChocolate Filling for Plain Layer Cake. Use one-third of the water to dissolve three CAKE8, FILLINQ8, AND ICINOa 843 teaspoonfuls of coru-starch. Boll the sugar and chocolate with the remaining two-thirds of the cup of water for ten minutes. Stir in the dissolved corn-starch and let ali come to a boil. Add a lump of butter the size of a hickory nut and a half tea- spoonful of vanilla. Stir well and spread over the cake before it cools. Ohocolate Mixture for Oake Put together half a pint of milk, one egg, sugar to taste, a cup of grated chocolate, and flavor with lemon extractChocolate Mixture for Cake. Thicken by cooking in hot water, standing the vessel in another, and stirring the mixture ali the time until it is thick enough to spread. Oocoanut Cake One pound of granulated sugar, half a pound of butter, four eggs, one teacup of milk, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, and one pound of flour. Cream the butter and sugar, and add the milk and other ingredients. Beat ali well together until creamy, then stir in one finely grated cocoanutCoconut Cake. Bake in moderate oven. Coffee Cake Coffee Cake