Cream one-third of a cupful of butter with one cupful of sugar, add
two well-beaten eggs, one half cupful of milk and one and three-quarters
cupfuls of flour✪ Banana Cake. Bake in layers. When baked spread between the
layers a little boiled icing and sliced bananas; to be eaten while fresh.
Mrs. Eliza Locke.
STRAWBERRY CAKE.
Three eggs, one cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of flour, one tablespoon-
ful of butter, a heaping teaspoonful of baking-powder; beat the butter and
sugar together and add the eggs well beaten. Stir in the flour and bak-
ing-powder well sifted together and bake in deep tin plates. This quantity
will fill four plates. With three pints of strawberries mix a cupful of
sugar. Spread the fruit between the layers of cake. Cover the top layer
of strawberries with a meringue made with the white of an &gg and a
tablespoonful of powdered sugar✪ Strawberry Cake. Mrs. Charles Ross.
WHITE COCOANUT CAKE (YELLOW FILLING).
The whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one and one-half cup-
fuls of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of sweet milk, three
teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and flour enough to make a moderately
stiff batter. Bake in layers.
Filling. — Take one-half cupful of sugar and one tablespoonful of
water; let dissolve and then boil till it shreds. Add the yolks of four eggs
well beaten and the juice of one-fourth of a lemon. Spread between the
layers, sprinkling cocoanut on top. Mrs. M. E. St Clair.
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CAKEb, 239
ORANGE CAKE.
One cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, the yolks of three eggs
and one whole &gg. Reserve two whites for frosting. Take one-half
cupful of cold water, two cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking-
powder, the juice of one orange. Bake in two layers. Ice with boiled
icing, grating in the rind. Mrs. G. L. Galbraith.
PERFECTION CAKE.
Sift one pint of flour with two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder,
wash six even tablespoonfuls of butter in cold water, then stir with it one-
half pint of pulverized sugar to a light cream; flavor with one teaspoonful
of vanilla; add alternatively the flour with two-thirds of a cupful of milk
and the beaten whites of six eggs, taking care not to stir much after
these ingredients have been added; pour the cake batter into two good-
sized buttered tins, smooth, and bake in a slow oven.
Filling. — Boil one-half pint of sugar with one-half cupful of water till
it threads, then pour it slowly into the beaten whites of two eggs, add
one-half teaspoonful of vanilla and four ounces of finely-chopped nuts;
spread this over one cake, put on the other layer, pour over a pink sugar
glaze, then a thin white glaze, and decorate the top with candied fruit and
nuts. Make the glaze by putting one-half pint of sifted powdered sugar
in a saucepan, add two tablespoonfuls of water and a few drops of straw-
berry juice to color it a desired pink. Stir over the fire till lukewarm,
then pour it over the cake; leave the second glaze white. A. F. T.
TUTTI-FRUTTI CAKE. ✪ White Cocoanut Cake (Yellow Filling)
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Cream one-third of a cupful of butter with one cupful of sugar, add two well-beaten eggs, one half cupful of milk and one and three-quarters cupfuls of flour. Bake in layers. When baked spread between the layers a little boiled icing and sliced bananas; to be eaten while fresh.
Mrs. Eliza Locke.
STRAWBERRY CAKE.
Three eggs, one cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, a heaping teaspoonful of baking-powder; beat the butter and sugar together and add the eggs well beaten. Stir in the flour and baking-powder well sifted together and bake in deep tin plates. This quantity will fill four plates. With three pints of strawberries mix a cupful of sugar. Spread the fruit between the layers of cake. Cover the top layer of strawberries with a meringue made with the white of an egg and a tablespoonful of powdered sugar. Mrs. Charles Ross.
WHITE COCOANUT CAKE (YELLOW FILLING).
The whites of four eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of sweet milk, three teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and flour enough to make a moderately stiff batter. Bake in layers.
Filling. — Take one-half cupful of sugar and one tablespoonful of water; let dissolve and then boil till it shreds. Add the yolks of four eggs well beaten and the juice of one-fourth of a lemon. Spread between the layers, sprinkling cocoanut on top. Mrs. M. E. St Clair.
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CAKES, 239
ORANGE CAKE.
One cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, the yolks of three eggs and one whole egg. Reserve two whites for frosting. Take one-half cupful of cold water, two cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of bakingpowder, the juice of one orange. Bake in two layers. Ice with boiled icing, grating in the rind. Mrs. G. L. Galbraith.
PERFECTION CAKE.
Sift one pint of flour with two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, wash six even tablespoonfuls of butter in cold water, then stir with it onehalf pint of pulverized sugar to a light cream; flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla; add alternatively the flour with two-thirds of a cupful of milk and the beaten whites of six eggs, taking care not to stir much after these ingredients have been added; pour the cake batter into two goodsized buttered tins, smooth, and bake in a slow oven.
Filling. — Boil one-half pint of sugar with one-half cupful of water till it threads, then pour it slowly into the beaten whites of two eggs, add one-half teaspoonful of vanilla and four ounces of finely-chopped nuts; spread this over one cake, put on the other layer, pour over a pink sugar glaze, then a thin white glaze, and decorate the top with candied fruit and nuts. Make the glaze by putting one-half pint of sifted powdered sugar in a saucepan, add two tablespoonfuls of water and a few drops of strawberry juice to color it a desired pink. Stir over the fire till lukewarm, then pour it over the cake; leave the second glaze white. A. F. T.
TUTTI-FRUTTI CAKE.
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