Take six eggs, two cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of cold water, the juice and grated rind of one lemon, one heaping tea-spoonful of baking-powder, one dessert-spoonful of but- ter with salt washed ou✪ Sponge Caket, two cupfuls of powdered sugar. Stir in the whites of the eggs and baking-powder last. Mrs. A. Wadsworth. CREAM SPONGE-CAKE. Beat the yelks of two eggs very light, pour oyer them one cupful of rich cream ; add one tea-cupful of powdered sugar, one and one-half cupful of sifted flour✪ Cream Sponge Cake, one heaping tea- The New Kentucky Home Cool Booh. 271 spoonful of baking-powder, and a pinch of salt. Flavor with vanilla. Bake in a quick oven in a flat pan. Mbs. C. Carroll. SPONGE-CAKE. Beat four eggs, two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of flour with two tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder sifted in, then add a little lemon juice and two-thirds cupful of boiling water. Beat well, and bake, and you will have as fine a cake as ever was eaten. SPONGE-CAKE. Take twelve eggs, two gobletfuls of white sugar, two heap- ing gobletfuls of sifted flour, the juice and grated rind of one lemon, one tea-cupful of cold water. Beat the eggs separately, then stir the sugar and yelks together, add the water, lemon, and flour, lastly the whites, which should be beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a quick oven. M. Belle Coxxer. WHITE SPONGE-CAKE. Take the whites of twenty-four eggs, four gobletfuls of powdered sugar, three gobletfuls of sifted flour, five tea- spoonfuls of cream of tartar mixed through the flour. Stir the sugar through the flour, then add the eggs which have been previously beaten to a stiff froth. Flavor with vanilla✪ White Sponge-Cake. Bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. Reynolds, ORANGE CAKE. Take one cupful of butter with the salt washed out, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, three and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, one cupful of sweet milk, five eggs (leaving out the whites of three). Grate the rind of two large oranges✪ Orange Cake into the mixture with part of the juice. Strain the remainder of the juice into one pound of powdered sugar. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, and stir into the sugar and orange juice. Bake the cakes in jelly-pans, and place the icing between. 272 The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. MARBLE CAKE. White Part. — Take one coffee-cupful of butter with the salt washed out, three cupfuls of powdered sugar, five cupfuls of sifted flour, half a cupful of sweet milk, the whites of eight eggs, and two tea-spoonfuls of Royal baking-powder✪ Marble Cake. Cream the butter and eggs together, then add the milk and flour, and last the whites of the eggs and baking-powder. Dark Part. — Take one cupful of butter, two cupfuls of brown sugar, one cupful of sour milk, one tea-spoonful of soda, four cupfuls of sifted flour, and the yelks of eight eggs beaten very light; ground spices of all sorts, each a table- spoonful. Put into the pan, in alternate layers, white, then dark. Bake an hour and a half in a moderate oven. MARBLE CAKE. White Part.— Take the whites of seven eggs, two cup- fuls of powdered sugar, one cupful of butter with the salt washed out, one cupful of sour cream, four cupfuls of sifted flour, half a tea-spoonful of soda dissolved in the cream, and one tea-spoonful of baking-powder sifted through the flour.

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Take six eggs, two cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of cold water, the juice and grated rind of one lemon, one heaping tea-spoonful of baking-powder, one dessert-spoonful of butter with salt washed out, two cupfuls of powdered sugar. Stir in the whites of the eggs and baking-powder last. Mrs. A. Wadsworth. CREAM SPONGE-CAKE. Beat the yelks of two eggs very light, pour oyer them one cupful of rich cream ; add one tea-cupful of powdered sugar, one and one-half cupful of sifted flour, one heaping tea- The New Kentucky Home Cool Booh. 271 spoonful of baking-powder, and a pinch of salt. Flavor with vanilla. Bake in a quick oven in a flat pan. Mrs. C. Carroll. Beat four eggs, two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of flour with two tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder sifted in, then add a little lemon juice and two-thirds cupful of boiling water. Beat well, and bake, and you will have as fine a cake as ever was eaten. Take twelve eggs, two gobletfuls of white sugar, two heaping gobletfuls of sifted flour, the juice and grated rind of one lemon, one tea-cupful of cold water. Beat the eggs separately, then stir the sugar and yelks together, add the water, lemon, and flour, lastly the whites, which should be beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a quick oven. M. Belle Conner. WHITE SPONGE-CAKE. Take the whites of twenty-four eggs, four gobletfuls of powdered sugar, three gobletfuls of sifted flour, five teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar mixed through the flour. Stir the sugar through the flour, then add the eggs which have been previously beaten to a stiff froth. Flavor with vanilla. Bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. Reynolds, ORANGE CAKE. Take one cupful of butter with the salt washed out, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, three and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, one cupful of sweet milk, five eggs (leaving out the whites of three). Grate the rind of two large oranges into the mixture with part of the juice. Strain the remainder of the juice into one pound of powdered sugar. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, and stir into the sugar and orange juice. Bake the cakes in jelly-pans, and place the icing between. The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. MARBLE CAKE. White Part. — Take one coffee-cupful of butter with the salt washed out, three cupfuls of powdered sugar, five cupfuls of sifted flour, half a cupful of sweet milk, the whites of eight eggs, and two tea-spoonfuls of Royal baking-powder. Cream the butter and eggs together, then add the milk and flour, and last the whites of the eggs and baking-powder. Dark Part. — Take one cupful of butter, two cupfuls of brown sugar, one cupful of sour milk, one tea-spoonful of soda, four cupfuls of sifted flour, and the yelks of eight eggs beaten very light; ground spices of all sorts, each a tablespoonful. Put into the pan, in alternate layers, white, then dark. Bake an hour and a half in a moderate oven. MARBLE CAKE. White Part.— Take the whites of seven eggs, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, one cupful of butter with the salt washed out, one cupful of sour cream, four cupfuls of sifted flour, half a tea-spoonful of soda dissolved in the cream, and one tea-spoonful of baking-powder sifted through the flour.

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