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 flour✪ Black 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.
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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 cloves✪ Bread 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-
m✪ Cinnamon 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 water✪ Chocolate Filling for Plain Layer Cake. Use one-third of the water to dissolve three
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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 extract✪ Chocolate 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 cocoanut✪ Coconut Cake. Bake in moderate oven.
Coffee Cake ✪ Coffee Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
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 flour, 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's Cake
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.
Bread Cake
Two cups of dough that has risen, two cups of white sogar, one cup 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 cloves. 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.
Cinnamon Sticks with Icing
Four ounces of almond paste, the white of one egg, four ounces of powdered sugar, one teaspoonful of ground cinnamon. 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 Cinnamon Sticks
Mix the whites of two eggs with half a poimd of powdered sugar, add half a teaspoonful 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.
Chocolate Loaf Cake
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.
Chocolate Filling for Plain Layer Cake
Two squares of Baker's chocolate, one teacup of sugar, one teacup of water. Use one-third of the water to dissolve three
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teaspoonfuls of corn-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 all come to a boil. Add a lump of butter the size of a hickory nut and a half teaspoonful of vanilla. Stir well and spread over the cake before it cools.
Chocolate Mixture for Cake
Put together half a pint of milk, one egg, sugar to taste, a cup of grated chocolate, and flavor with lemon extract. Thicken by cooking in hot water, standing the vessel in another, and stirring the mixture all the time until it is thick enough to spread.
Cocoanut 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 cocoanut. Bake in moderate oven.
Coffee Cake
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Chocolate Loaf CakeBlack Cake for WeddingsBride's CakeBlack Fruit CakeBread CakeCinnamon Sticks with IcingChocolate Filling for Plain Layer CakeChocolate Mixture for CakeCoconut CakeCoffee Cake