2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. soda✪ English Fruit Cake
Cream butter, add sugar gradually and beat thoroughly.
Separate eggs and beat, add to first mixture. Then add milk and
fruit, first mixed with a little flour. Flour mixed and sifted wit>
mace, cinnamon and soda. Put in 1 big pan or 4 loaf pans, and
bake 2 or 3 hours in a very slow oven, about (250 to 300)
— Mrs. A. E. Taylor
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
In a heavy frying pan, slowly melt a piece of butter the size
of an egg, stir into this a generous 1 c. brown sugar, and pat well
to cover the bottom of the pan. Cut 4 slices of pineapple into
small pieces and arrange over sugar. Sprinkle a few walnuts
over this, set aside and mix the following:
3 eggs 1 c. sugar
1 c. pastry flour 6 tbsp. pineapple juice✪ Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Beat the eggs separately. To the Whites add one half the
sugar and beat again. To the yolks add the other half of the
sugar and beat vigorously, then add the pineapple juice and beat
again. Combine the two mixtures and fold in the flour. Pour
this batter over the mixture in the pan and bake in a slow oven
from forty-five minutes to one hour. If baked too fast th? brown
sugar gets hard. Serve with whipped cream. Will make eight
generous servings. — Mrs. Bessy Bcal
CHERRY CAKE
V2 c. shortening 1 j L» c. sugar
1 c. stoned and cut cherries, either black or white
1 c. chopped nuts 3 c. flour
3 tbsp. sourcream 3 eggs
1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. cinnamon
V2 tsp. each of nutmeg and cloves ^tsp. salt
Flavor with vanilla
Cream the shortening and sugar, add the cream and eggs.
Then the cherries. Next add the flour with which the spices, soda
and salt has been sifted. Add the nuts last. — Lucy H. Ostler.
CAKES 23
GOLD LOAF CAKE
Yolks of 8 eggs llU c. sugar
2-3 c. water 2-3 c. butter
2V2 c. sifted pastry flour 3 level tsp. Royal B. P.
1 tsp. vanilla
Sift the flour once, then measure, add the baking powder and
sift three times. Sift the sugar, then measure. Cream the butter
and sugar thoroughly. Beat the egg yolks with a dover egg beater
until thick and lemon colored. Add these to the butter and
sugar and stir thoroughly. Add the water and flour alternately
then flavor and stir very hard. Put in a slow oven until raised
to the top of the pan and then increase the heat and brown.
Bake from 40 to 60 minutes in a loaf pan. A fine cake to bake
when making angel food cake. — Mrs. C. L. Miller.
RASPBERRY SHORT CAKE
2 c. sifted pastry flour SAUCE
l/2 tsp. salt y2 c. butter
2 level tsp. baking powder 1 c. sugar
y2 c. butter 1 c. raspberry pulp
Yolk of 1 egg White of 1 egg
y2 c. milk, or more as needed
1 c. raspberries
'4 c. sugar
Sif* together, three times, the flour, salt and B. P. Work in
the butter. Beat the egg yolk, add the milk and stir to a dough,
using more milk if needed. Divide into 2 parts, knead the larger
part slightly and roll to fit a pan. Spread the berries over it
and sugar. Knead the second part and set over the berries. Bake
about half an hour. Serve with hot sauce.
SAUCE — Cream the butter, add the sugai. Then gradually
the marked sifted berry pulp. Add the whites of egg last, beaten
dry. This makes a light fluffy sauce. — Mrs. Lorenzo Jensen.
BROWNIE
1 c. sugar y2 c. flour
lA c. melted butter j ■_> c. chopped nuts
2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla
2 squares melted chocolate ✪ Cherry Cake
Page 11 · 8 recipe records on this page
Presented as published in 1930. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. soda
Cream butter, add sugar gradually and beat thoroughly. Separate eggs and beat, add to first mixture. Then add milk and fruit, first mixed with a little flour. Flour mixed and sifted with mace, cinnamon and soda. Put in 1 big pan or 4 loaf pans, and bake 2 or 3 hours in a very slow oven, about (250 to 300)
— Mrs. A. E. Taylor
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
In a heavy frying pan, slowly melt a piece of butter the size of an egg, stir into this a generous 1 c. brown sugar, and pat well to cover the bottom of the pan. Cut 4 slices of pineapple into small pieces and arrange over sugar. Sprinkle a few walnuts over this, set aside and mix the following:
3 eggs 1 c. sugar
1 c. pastry flour 6 tbsp. pineapple juice
Beat the eggs separately. To the Whites add one half the sugar and beat again. To the yolks add the other half of the sugar and beat vigorously, then add the pineapple juice and beat again. Combine the two mixtures and fold in the flour. Pour this batter over the mixture in the pan and bake in a slow oven from forty-five minutes to one hour. If baked too fast th? brown sugar gets hard. Serve with whipped cream. Will make eight generous servings. — Mrs. Bessy Bcal
CHERRY CAKE
V2 c. shortening 1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. stoned and cut cherries, either black or white
1 c. chopped nuts 3 c. flour
3 tbsp. sour cream 3 eggs
1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. cinnamon
V2 tsp. each of nutmeg and cloves 1/2 tsp. salt
Flavor with vanilla
Cream the shortening and sugar, add the cream and eggs. Then the cherries. Next add the flour with which the spices, soda and salt has been sifted. Add the nuts last. — Lucy H. Ostler.
GOLD LOAF CAKE
Yolks of 8 eggs llU c. sugar
2/3 c. water 2/3 c. butter
2V2 c. sifted pastry flour 3 level tsp. Royal B. P.
1 tsp. vanilla
Sift the flour once, then measure, add the baking powder and sift three times. Sift the sugar, then measure. Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly. Beat the egg yolks with a dover egg beater until thick and lemon colored. Add these to the butter and sugar and stir thoroughly. Add the water and flour alternately then flavor and stir very hard. Put in a slow oven until raised to the top of the pan and then increase the heat and brown. Bake from 40 to 60 minutes in a loaf pan. A fine cake to bake when making angel food cake. — Mrs. C. L. Miller.
RASPBERRY SHORT CAKE
2 c. sifted pastry flour SAUCE l/2 tsp. salt y2 c. butter 2 level tsp. baking powder 1 c. sugar
y2 c. butter 1 c. raspberry pulp
Yolk of 1 egg White of 1 egg
y2 c. milk, or more as needed 1 c. raspberries '4 c. sugar
Sift together, three times, the flour, salt and B. P. Work in the butter. Beat the egg yolk, add the milk and stir to a dough, using more milk if needed. Divide into 2 parts, knead the larger part slightly and roll to fit a pan. Spread the berries over it and sugar. Knead the second part and set over the berries. Bake about half an hour. Serve with hot sauce.
SAUCE — Cream the butter, add the sugar. Then gradually the marked sifted berry pulp. Add the whites of egg last, beaten dry. This makes a light fluffy sauce. — Mrs. Lorenzo Jensen.
BROWNIE
1 c. sugar y2 c. flour
1/4 c. melted butter 1/2 c. chopped nuts
2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 2 squares melted chocolate
Records on this page
English Fruit CakeJelly RollChocolate Nougat CakeBrowniePineapple Upside Down CakeCherry CakeRaspberry Short CakeGold Loaf Cake