grated wheat bread, one teaspoon baking powder✪ Custard Cake. Add the - beaten whites of the eggs. Bake.in two layers. When cool — . break in small pieces. Cover with whipped cream. DATE CAKHE—One large cup sugar, butter size of egg, © - one cup sour milk, teaspoon soda, pinch salt, spices to taste, - two cups of flour, one pound dates, stoned✪ Date Cake, and flour; bake - one hour in slow oven. This is fine. <n a a i ae Be I am sending my mother’s recipe for ‘“devil’s food.’ ” Tt is * by far the best I have used: One-half cup cocoa or grated ‘chocolate; one-half cup sweet milk, two-thirds cup light brown sugar, yolk of one egg. Beat all together and cook © until it thickens, stirring to keep from burning. When cool © add to it one cup light brown sugar, one-half cup butter, — » one-half cup sweet milk, 1% cups flour, two eggs, one scant _ teaspoon soda, dissolve in a little hot water. Bake in layers | - or loaf, but have a very slow fire, and if there is danger of ~ oh burning on bottom, put a dish-of cold water on the pottom — “of the oven, under the cake. If you use care you will find — _ this very finé and not hard to make. I sometimes put gine Py ey Barosting between layers and on top. a ee As i at of ‘EL, BAW, aah oy — PENS eee sl ee Se eee It has been tried and not found wanting in any particular. No molasses is used in it: One cupful sugar (coffee A is best), one-half cupful butter, cream together butter and sugar; one cupful sour milk or buttermilk, two ‘ whites and yolks beaten separately; two teaspoonfuls A cinnamon, one cupful currants, one cupful raisins, one-half candied lemon peel, three cupfuls flour, one teaspoonful soda nd one-half teaspoonful cream of’tartar sifted in the flour. — Hither chop fine or grind the currants, raisins and lemon ~ peel, then dredge in flour. Add beaten whites of eggs last. hope this recipe will be of value to some of the house= a ‘ives who find it hard to obtain good molasses. ® “i ECONOMY FRUIT CAKE—This recipe is a very good one and is especially valuable when butter and:eggs are high, ~ since it requires neither. Four cups flour, two cups sugar, a three-quarters cup lard, 14% cups sour milk, one pound ~ aisins, one tablespoon cinnamon, one tablespoon cloves, one © teaspoon spice, 14% teaspoons ‘soda, one teaspoon baking | powder, one whole nutmeg (grated). EGGLESS CAKE—Three-fourths cup sugar, thrao-faau hk a p shortening, one-half cup sweet milk, one cup sifted flour, inch salt, three tablespoons corn starch. One and one-half — % one nice loaf or two layers.. Hope the sisters that tried myio8 one egg cake recipe and my eggless plum pudding sonne at . EGGLESS AND BUTTERLESS CAKE—One cupful sugar, fe. “one cupful sour milk, one cupful raisins, one tablespoonful Bs. lard, two tablespoonfuls cocoa, one teaspoonful soda, three=- fourths teaspoonful cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoonful nut- ~— meg, one-fourth teaspoonful cloves, 1% cupfuls flour. Cream Dissolve soda in sour milk. Mix all weil NEN together and bake in a quick oven 15 minutes. i _ EGGLESS FRUIT CAKE—One cup sugar, one cup Of at butter, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, — one- -half teaspoonful of cloves, one-half teaspoonful of nut- meg, one teaspoonful of soda, two cups of flour, one cup of isins floured and added last. Beat sugar and butter to a i EGGLESS SPICE CAKE—One cup sugar, two tablespoons . utter, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon each of é cloves and nutmeg, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, two cups flour and one-half cup chopped raisins. ; : il it strings; then beat with eggs.

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grated wheat bread, one teaspoon baking powder. Add the beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in two layers. When cool — . break in small pieces. Cover with whipped cream. DATE CAKE—One large cup sugar, butter size of egg, © - one cup sour milk, teaspoon soda, pinch salt, spices to taste, - two cups of flour, one pound dates, stoned, and flour; bake - one hour in slow oven. This is fine. <n a a i ae Be I am sending my mother’s recipe for ‘“devil’s food.’ ” Tt is * by far the best I have used: One-half cup cocoa or grated ‘chocolate; one-half cup sweet milk, two-thirds cup light brown sugar, yolk of one egg. Beat all together and cook © until it thickens, stirring to keep from burning. When cool © add to it one cup light brown sugar, one-half cup butter, — » one-half cup sweet milk, 1% cups flour, two eggs, one scant _ teaspoon soda, dissolve in a little hot water. Bake in layers | - or loaf, but have a very slow fire, and if there is danger of ~ oh burning on bottom, put a dish-of cold water on the pottom — “of the oven, under the cake. If you use care you will find — _ this very finé and not hard to make. I sometimes put icing between layers and on top. a ee As i at of ‘EL, BAW, aah oy — PENS eee sl ee Se eee It has been tried and not found wanting in any particular. No molasses is used in it: One cupful sugar (coffee A is best), one-half cupful butter, cream together butter and sugar; one cupful sour milk or buttermilk, two ‘ whites and yolks beaten separately; two teaspoonfuls A cinnamon, one cupful currants, one cupful raisins, one-half candied lemon peel, three cupfuls flour, one teaspoonful soda nd one-half teaspoonful cream of’tartar sifted in the flour. — Either chop fine or grind the currants, raisins and lemon ~ peel, then dredge in flour. Add beaten whites of eggs last. Hope this recipe will be of value to some of the housewives who find it hard to obtain good molasses. ® “i ECONOMY FRUIT CAKE—This recipe is a very good one and is especially valuable when butter and:eggs are high, ~ since it requires neither. Four cups flour, two cups sugar, a three-quarters cup lard, 14% cups sour milk, one pound ~ aisins, one tablespoon cinnamon, one tablespoon cloves, one © teaspoon spice, 14% teaspoons ‘soda, one teaspoon baking | powder, one whole nutmeg (grated). EGGLESS CAKE—Three-fourths cup sugar, three-fourths cup shortening, one-half cup sweet milk, one cup sifted flour, inch salt, three tablespoons corn starch. One and one-half — % one nice loaf or two layers.. Hope the sisters that tried my one egg cake recipe and my eggless plum pudding will . EGGLESS AND BUTTERLESS CAKE—One cupful sugar, fe. “one cupful sour milk, one cupful raisins, one tablespoonful Bs. lard, two tablespoonfuls cocoa, one teaspoonful soda, tthree-fourths teaspoonful cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoonful nut- ~— meg, one-fourth teaspoonful cloves, 1% cupfuls flour. Cream Dissolve soda in sour milk. Mix all weil together and bake in a quick oven 15 minutes. i _ EGGLESS FRUIT CAKE—One cup sugar, one cup Of at butter, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, — one- -half teaspoonful of cloves, one-half teaspoonful of nutmeg, one teaspoonful of soda, two cups of flour, one cup of raisins floured and added last. Beat sugar and butter to a i EGGLESS SPICE CAKE—One cup sugar, two tablespoons . utter, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon each of é cloves and nutmeg, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, two cups flour and one-half cup chopped raisins. ; : il it strings; then beat with eggs.

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