Purity flour cookbook

1 orange. Wet cornstarch with a very little cold water and stir in enough boiling water to thicken (about 1/2 cup). Add juice and half the grated rind of orange. Stir and let boil about 10 minutes. Put the other half of grated rind in icing for cake. Still another way of finishing this cake : Bake in layers and let them get cold. Take 1 cup of sweet thick cream and beat until light. Sweeten and flavor with -s'anilla. Pour hot water over cup of almonds to remove the skins. Chop fine and then mix with the cream. Spread thickly between the layers of cake. To be served at once. PLAIN CAKE 1/2 cup milk. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 2 cups Purity Flour. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 2 eggs. Mix as you would any butter cake. This cake may be used as a layer cake or baked in a loaf. It may be varied by adding nuts or peel or a cup of seedless raisins. — SANDWICH CAKE 1/2 cup butter. Whites of 4 eggs. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup milk, 1 1/2 cups Purity Flour. Pour a little of the batter on the bottom of the buttered pan, then spread a small ciip of raisins and walnuts, finely chopped and dredged in a little flour. Then pour in the rest of the batter. Ice with plain icing flavored with rosewater and chopped walnuts on top. ROLLED JELLY CAKE 1 cup sugar. 2 tablespoons cold water. 1/2 cup Purity Flour. .3 eggs. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Mix as you would sponge cake. Bake in thin layer. When baked, put on a damp cloth, spread with jelly, and roll it while warm. Page Thirty PURITY More Bread and Better Bread FARMERS' CAKE 1 cup sugar. 1 cup butter. 4 eggs (beaten). Grated rind nf 1 lemon. 2 cups Purity Flour. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Mix as you would any butter cake. Put the batter in greased tin and sprinkle the top lightly with sugar, cinnamon and chopped nuts. MOCHA CAKE 2 tablespoons butter. 3/4 cup milk. 1/4 teaspoon salt. 1 cup Purity Flour. 2 squares chocolate. 3/4 cup sugar. 1 ogg. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. Cream butter and sugar, add yolk of egg, beat well. Then add milk, salt, vanilla and flour, alternately. Add melted chocolate, mix well, fold in beaten white of egg. May be cooked m one layer or two, as desired. FILLING 1 cup confectioners' sugar. 1 tablespoon soft butter. 2 teaspoons cocoa. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. 2 or 3 teaspoons strong coffee. Chop almonds fine and sprinkle on top of Mocha icing. ORANGE CAKE 2 cups sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 3 eggs. 3 1/2 cups Purity Flour. 3 teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup water, to which has been added juice of 2 oranges and grated rind of 1. Mix as any butter cake, and put together with the following filling: 1 egg. 1 tablespoon butter. 1 tablespoon Purity Flour. 1 1/2 oranges, rind and juice. \ cup sugar. Stir these together over boiling water until thickened. Page Thirty-one .J — ^ ^_r More Bread and Better Bread RIBBON CAKE 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 1/2 cup milk. 2 cups Purity Flour. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 3 eggs. Bake in two cakes of light in tins and put the dark between. Take about 1/3 of this batter and add to it a dessertspoon of mixed brown spices and 1/2 cup raisins. SPANISH BUN 1 cup butter. 1 1/2 cups brown sugar. 1 cup sweet milk. 2 1/2 cups Purity Flour. 1 teaspoon soda.