Perfection in baking

Beat the whites of ten eggs very stiff; sieve together one-half of a pound of powdered sugar, five ounces of pastry flour, one-half of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar; mix all very light in the snow; one — 45 — teaspoonful of vanilla. Dip your moulds in cold water before filling. Bake in a moderate heat about thirty minutes. As soon as baked, turn the mould upside down, but rest on one side, so the air can circulate under it. Jelly Cake. Cream together two pounds of sugar with, one pound of butter and lard; add slowly eight eggs, then one and three-fourth pints of milk, and lastly, three pound of flour with two ounces of baking powder. Grease the tins well and lay a small square piece of paper in the center. Fill half full and smooth on top. Bake quick and turn out at once on sugar dusted paper. Trim the edges a little, spread bottom layer with jelly, set another one on top; spread again, setting another layer on top. Frost with lemon icing, and draw thick lines through it with a jelly cornet; cut through crosswise, then with the back of a knife. Or you can spread the tops with jelly, laying a border of cocoanut around. Cocoanut Layer Cake. Set three layers together with cream frosting (see Part IX. i, sprinkle each with cocoanut; frost the tops and sides also and sprinkle well with cocoanut; give the frosting a rich flavor of vanilla. Chocolate Layer Cake. Same as above, only fill and cover with chocolate frosting. Draw a few cross lines in white frosting over the chocolate, and run through crosswise with the back of a knife; or lay a border of walnut halves over the top. White Mountain Cake. Bake thick layers with the following mixture: One and one-half pounds of sugar and twelve ounces of butter creamed together; add slowly the whites of twelve eggs, one pint of milk, and two pounds of flour with one and one-half ounces of baking powder; almond flavor. Set two layers together with jelly; cover well with light meringue; dust with cocoanut and set a minute in hot oven, to brown the top. — 46 — Almond Cake. Cream well one-half pound of almond paste, three-fourths of a pound of sugar, the yolks of twelve eggs, and one egg. Beat the whites of twelve eggs very stiff; add half of it light under the above, then mix in ten ounces of sifted pastry flour, the rest of the egg whites and a little vanilla; mix carefully, and not too much. Bake in moderate heat, in large, round tin, lined with paper. Frost with vanilla water icing, very thin. Genuine Philadelphia Pound Cake. SELLS AT 15 CFNTS PER POUND. Fourteen pounds of fine sugar cream with six pounds of butter and two pounds of lard ; four and one-half quarts of eggs, two quarts of milk, one-half ounce of soda; last fifteen pounds of cake flour sifted with one ounce of cream of tartar ; mace, vanilla, one-fourth ounce of egg color. The same mixture can be used for all kinds of fruit cake. Magnolia Cake. Mix like gold cake: three pounds of fine sugar, two and onefourth pounds of butter, one quart of egg whites, two and three-fourth pounds of cake flour, almond flavor. Bake in diamond-shaped pans. Ice with fondant or water icing, flavored with vanilla and a drop of almond, and lay some French cherries on top. German Hrodtorte. BREADTART.