3 teaspoons baking powder✪ Amazon Cake.
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs beaten together, then
milk, flour with baking powder, and flavoring. Bake in slow
oven. Is a good loaf cake, and equally good in layers.
Mrs. Scudding,
Apple Sauce Cake.
1 cup sugar.
J/2 cup butter.
1 cup sour applesauce, with teaspoon soda dissolved
in it.
^Vz cups flour (or 2 if stiff enough).
1 cup raisins.
1 cup walnuts — broken in small pieces.
J/2 teaspoon each cloves, cinnamon and allspice.
1 tablespoon sherry✪ Apple Sauce Cake.
Bake in moderate oven % hour.
Mrs. W. A. MacRae.
<'UNCLE SAM HEALTH FOOD"
Will relieve and cure Constipation, Indigestion and Stomach Trouble.
Has more food properties than meat. Cooked and ready to eat.
194 PORTLAND WOMAN'S EXCHANGE COOK BOOK
Apple Cake.
3J/2 cups chopped apples.
1 cup molasses.
1 cup lard.
1/2 cup butter.
2 cups sugar.
3 eggs.
1 cup sour milk.
2 small teaspoons soda.
1 cup chopped raisins.
1 teaspoon each cloves, allspice, mace, nutmeg, cinna-
mon.
Flour to make stiff (about 3 cups)✪ Apple Cake .
Boil apples and molasses together in double boiler 1 hour
before making cake.
Mrs. //. P. Palmer,
Bachelor Cake.
Beat 1 lb. granulated sugar with j/2 lb. butter. Mix 3 tea-
cups buttermilk with 2 teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon cream of
tartar. Mix II/2 l^s. flour with 1 lb. raisins, 1 oz. mixed spice,
2 oz. orange peel (cut fine) , 1 egg✪ Bachelor Cake. Cream butter and sugar.
Add dry ingredients before adding milk, etc.
Half this quantity makes 1 loaf.
Mrs. W. A. MacRae.
Bread Cake.
Work 1/2 cup of butter into 1 cup of risen bread
dough, using the hands. Add 1 egg beaten, 1 cup brown sugar,
^ cup sour milk, with Yi teaspoon soda in it, 1 cup of raisins
seeded, cut in pieces and dredged with 2 tablespoons of flour;
1}4 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, % teaspoon each of
clove, mace and nutmegs, add 1 teaspoon of salt✪ Bread Cake.
Put into buttered bread pan, let it rise V/4 hours.
Bake 1 hour.
Mrs. Scudding.
CAKES 195
Burnt Sugar Cake.
V/i cups white sugar.
Yi cup butter.
2 eggs,
1 cup water.
2% cups pastry flour.
3 teaspoons caramel.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
3 level teaspoons baking powder.
Caramel. Put 1 cup brown sugar on stove and burn it
black, cool a little and add 1 cup water; let it boil a few min-
utes and cool. Bake in 2 square tins, and put together with
filling as follows:
21/2 cups white sugar.
Vi cup water.
1/2 cup Karo syrup.
11/2 cups walnuts and 2 whites of eggs✪ Burnt Sugar Cake.
Boil sugar, water and Karo together until it forms soft
ball when tried in water. Add to beaten whites, add nuts and
beat until stiff.
Mrs, R, B. Sinnott.
Blackberry Jam Cake.
3 eggs.
1 coffee cup sugar.
y^ cup butter.
1 cup blackberry jam.
2 cups flour.
1 teaspoon soda.
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
11/2 teaspoons allspice; same grated nutmeg.
4 tablespoons sour milk or buttermilk✪ Blackberry Jam Cake.
Stir all together quickly, putting the milk and soda in last.
Bake in layers with white icing between.
Mrs, Lincoln F. Gault, Tacoma, Wash.
196 PORTLAND WOMAN'S EXCHANGE COOK BOOK
1
1
Coffee Cake.
cup butter,
cup molasses.
1
1
cup sugar,
cup cold coffee.
1 cup raisins.
1 cup currants.
3|/2 cups flour.
1 teaspoon soda.
2 eggs.
Spice to taste.
Mrs. H. C. Ewing.
Coffee Cake.
1 cup granulated sugar.
J/2 cup butter, cream together.
3 eggs, beaten.
2 cups flour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
% cup milk.
Flavor with 3 teaspoons concentrated coffee. Bake in two
square layers. Take 3 teaspoons of concentrated coffee, about
1 tablespoon of sugar in whipped cream and put between the
layers when cold. Unsigned.
Currant Cake.
2-3 cup butter.
2 cups sugar.
4 eggs.
1 cup milk.
1 cup currants, washed and dried.
3J4 cups flour.
• 4 even teaspoons baking powder.
J4 teaspoon mace.
1 scant teaspoon vanilla.
Salt.
Cream butter and sugar, drop in 1 whole egg at a time and
beat hard, as this makes the cake more moist.
Bake in loaf — moderate oven. ✪ Coffee Cake
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3 teaspoons baking powder.
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs beaten together, then milk, flour with baking powder, and flavoring. Bake in slow oven. Is a good loaf cake, and equally good in layers.
Mrs. Scudding.
Apple Sauce Cake.
1 cup sugar. J/2 cup butter. 1 cup sour applesauce, with teaspoon soda dissolved in it. ^Vz cups flour (or 2 if stiff enough). 1 cup raisins.
1 cup walnuts — broken in small pieces. J/2 teaspoon each cloves, cinnamon and allspice. 1 tablespoon sherry. Bake in moderate oven % hour.
Mrs. W. A. MacRae.
<'UNCLE SAM HEALTH FOOD"
Will relieve and cure Constipation, Indigestion and Stomach Trouble. Has more food properties than meat. Cooked and ready to eat.
Apple Cake.
3J/2 cups chopped apples. 1 cup molasses.
1 cup lard. 1/2 cup butter.
2 cups sugar. 3 eggs.
1 cup sour milk. 2 small teaspoons soda. 1 cup chopped raisins.
1 teaspoon each cloves, allspice, mace, nutmeg, cinnamon.
Flour to make stiff (about 3 cups) .
Boil apples and molasses together in double boiler 1 hour before making cake.
Mrs. H. P. Palmer.
Bachelor Cake.
Beat 1 lb. granulated sugar with j/2 lb. butter. Mix 3 teacups buttermilk with 2 teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Mix II/2 l^s. flour with 1 lb. raisins, 1 oz. mixed spice, 2 oz. orange peel (cut fine) , 1 egg. Cream butter and sugar. Add dry ingredients before adding milk, etc.
Half this quantity makes 1 loaf.
Mrs. W. A. MacRae.
Bread Cake.
Work 1/2 cup of butter into 1 cup of risen bread dough, using the hands. Add 1 egg beaten, 1 cup brown sugar, ^ cup sour milk, with Yi teaspoon soda in it, 1 cup of raisins seeded, cut in pieces and dredged with 2 tablespoons of flour; 1}4 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, % teaspoon each of clove, mace and nutmegs, add 1 teaspoon of salt.
Put into buttered bread pan, let it rise V/4 hours.
Bake 1 hour.
Mrs. Scudding.
Burnt Sugar Cake.
V/i cups white sugar. Yi cup butter.
2 eggs,
1 cup water. 2% cups pastry flour. 3 teaspoons caramel. 1 teaspoon vanilla.
3 level teaspoons baking powder.
Caramel. Put 1 cup brown sugar on stove and burn it black, cool a little and add 1 cup water; let it boil a few minutes and cool. Bake in 2 square tins, and put together with filling as follows:
21/2 cups white sugar.
Vi cup water.
1/2 cup Karo syrup. 11/2 cups walnuts and 2 whites of eggs.
Boil sugar, water and Karo together until it forms soft ball when tried in water. Add to beaten whites, add nuts and beat until stiff.
Mrs. R. B. Sinnott.
Blackberry Jam Cake.
3 eggs.
1 coffee cup sugar. y^ cup butter.
1 cup blackberry jam.
2 cups flour.
1 teaspoon soda. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 11/2 teaspoons allspice; same grated nutmeg.
4 tablespoons sour milk or buttermilk.
Stir all together quickly, putting the milk and soda in last. Bake in layers with white icing between.
Mrs. Lincoln F. Gault, Tacoma, Wash.
Coffee Cake.
cup butter, cup molasses.
cup sugar, cup cold coffee.
1 cup raisins. 1 cup currants. 3|/2 cups flour.
1 teaspoon soda.
2 eggs. Spice to taste.
Mrs. H. C. Ewing.
Coffee Cake.
1 cup granulated sugar.
J/2 cup butter, cream together. 3 eggs, beaten.
2 cups flour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
% cup milk.
Flavor with 3 teaspoons concentrated coffee. Bake in two square layers. Take 3 teaspoons of concentrated coffee, about 1 tablespoon of sugar in whipped cream and put between the layers when cold. Unsigned.
Currant Cake. 2-3 cup butter. 2 cups sugar. 4 eggs. 1 cup milk.
1 cup currants, washed and dried. 3J4 cups flour.
• 4 even teaspoons baking powder. J4 teaspoon mace. 1 scant teaspoon vanilla. Salt. Cream butter and sugar, drop in 1 whole egg at a time and beat hard, as this makes the cake more moist. Bake in loaf — moderate oven.
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