Beat the white of the egg very stiff and, still beating, mix in the
sugar. Melt the butter and into this stir the chopped popcorn,
salt✪ Popcorn Cookies and vanilla. Fold the two mixtures together and drop by
spoonfuls on a greased baking-sheet. Bake at 350° for fifteen
minutes.
OATMEAL JIM-JAMS
I cup butter or shortening i teaspoon soda
1 cup brown sugar y^ cup sour milk
2 cups flour 2 cups ground oatmeal
y2 teaspoon salt✪ Oatmeal Jim-Jams
Cream the butter or shortening with the sugar. Sift the flour, salt
and soda and add with the oatmeal to the first mixture, alter-
nating with the milk. If ground oatmeal is not procurable, rolled
oats may be ground in a food-chopper and measured after grind-
ing. Toss on a floured board and roll thin. Cut in rounds. Put
on greased baking-sheet and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.)
twelve to fifteen minutes. When cool, put together like sand-
wiches with the following filling:
Ya. pound chopped dates Y^ cup boiling water
Ya. cup sugar
Cook ingredients together until thick. Cool before spreading.
CAKES
FOUNDATION OR PLAIN CAKE
Ys cup butter or shortening 2 teaspoons baking-powder
1 cup sugar 3^ cup milk
2 eggs I teaspoon vanilla
ifi cup flour
Cream the butter or butter substitute, add sugar and continue
creaming. Add well-beaten eggs. ]\Iix and sift the dry ingre-
dients and add alternately with the milk. Add flavoring. Bake
in layers at 380^ for twenty minutes. Any good filling and frost-
ing may be used.
The batter may be varied by adding nuts, coconut, spices, etc.,
and may be baked as a loaf cake.
ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR CAKE (Measure Cake)
1 cup butter or shortening 3 teaspoons baking-powder
2 cups sugar i cup milk
3 cups flour Flavoring
4 eggs
Cream the butter or shortening and sugar, add eggs. ]Mix and
sift flour and baking-powder and add alternately \vith the milk.
Flavor as desired. Bake as loaf or layer cake at 380-400° F.
for twenty to forty-five minutes.
MAPLE-SUGAR CAKE
y2 cup butter or shortening 3^ cup milk
lyi cups maple sugar 1^4 teaspoons vanilla
6 tablespoons corn-starch 4 egg-whites
13^ cups flour
Cream the butter or shortening and sugar. Sift the corn-starch
and flour together several times and add to the first mixture,
alternately with the milk. Add the vanilla, then fold in the
stiffly beaten egg-whites. Bake in a greased loaf-cake tin in a
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moderate oven (380° F.) for forty-five minutes. Cover with any
desired icing.
CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE
Ys cup butter or shortening i teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar ^ teaspoon mace
4 eggs Yi teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 cup mashed potatoes >^ teaspoon ground cloves
2 squares chocolate i cup chopped nut-meats
2 cups flour Yi cup milk
3^4 teaspoons baking-powder
Cream the butter or shortening and one cup of sugar. In an-
other bowl, beat the egg-yolks with the remaining cup of sugar.
Combine the two mixtures. Have ready the hot mashed pota-
toes, which should be without lumps, add to them the melted
chocolate and combine with the first mixture. Mix and sift the
dry ingredients and add the nut-meats. Add to the cake mix-
ture, alternating with the milk. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites.
Bake in a loaf pan in a moderate oven (380° F.). When cool,
cover with marshmallow frosting or boiled frosting. This is a
large moist cake, which will keep well.
CHOCOLATE LOAF CAKE ✪ Foundation or Plain Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Beat the white of the egg very stiff and, still beating, mix in the sugar. Melt the butter and into this stir the chopped popcorn, salt and vanilla. Fold the two mixtures together and drop by spoonfuls on a greased baking-sheet. Bake at 350° for fifteen minutes.
OATMEAL JIM-JAMS
I cup butter or shortening i teaspoon soda
1 cup brown sugar y^ cup sour milk
2 cups flour 2 cups ground oatmeal y2 teaspoon salt
Cream the butter or shortening with the sugar. Sift the flour, salt and soda and add with the oatmeal to the first mixture, alternating with the milk. If ground oatmeal is not procurable, rolled oats may be ground in a food-chopper and measured after grinding. Toss on a floured board and roll thin. Cut in rounds. Put on greased baking-sheet and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) twelve to fifteen minutes. When cool, put together like sandwiches with the following filling:
Ya. pound chopped dates Y^ cup boiling water
Ya. cup sugar
Cook ingredients together until thick. Cool before spreading.
CAKES
FOUNDATION OR PLAIN CAKE
Ys cup butter or shortening 2 teaspoons baking-powder
1 cup sugar 3^ cup milk
2 eggs I teaspoon vanilla ifi cup flour
Cream the butter or butter substitute, add sugar and continue creaming. Add well-beaten eggs. ]\Iix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk. Add flavoring. Bake in layers at 380^ for twenty minutes. Any good filling and frosting may be used.
The batter may be varied by adding nuts, coconut, spices, etc., and may be baked as a loaf cake.
ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR CAKE (Measure Cake)
1 cup butter or shortening 3 teaspoons baking-powder
2 cups sugar i cup milk
3 cups flour Flavoring
4 eggs
Cream the butter or shortening and sugar, add eggs. ]Mix and sift flour and baking-powder and add alternately \vith the milk. Flavor as desired. Bake as loaf or layer cake at 380-400° F. for twenty to forty-five minutes.
MAPLE-SUGAR CAKE y2 cup butter or shortening 3^ cup milk
lyi cups maple sugar 1^4 teaspoons vanilla
6 tablespoons corn-starch 4 egg-whites
13^ cups flour
Cream the butter or shortening and sugar. Sift the corn-starch and flour together several times and add to the first mixture, alternately with the milk. Add the vanilla, then fold in the stiffly beaten egg-whites. Bake in a greased loaf-cake tin in a
moderate oven (380° F.) for forty-five minutes. Cover with any desired icing.
CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE
Ys cup butter or shortening i teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar ^ teaspoon mace
4 eggs Yi teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 cup mashed potatoes >^ teaspoon ground cloves
2 squares chocolate i cup chopped nut-meats 2 cups flour Yi cup milk
3^4 teaspoons baking-powder
Cream the butter or shortening and one cup of sugar. In another bowl, beat the egg-yolks with the remaining cup of sugar. Combine the two mixtures. Have ready the hot mashed potatoes, which should be without lumps, add to them the melted chocolate and combine with the first mixture. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add the nut-meats. Add to the cake mixture, alternating with the milk. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Bake in a loaf pan in a moderate oven (380° F.). When cool, cover with marshmallow frosting or boiled frosting. This is a large moist cake, which will keep well.
CHOCOLATE LOAF CAKE
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