Temperance cook book

Yolks of eight eggs, one cupful of butter, two of granulated sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, three pounds of raisins, two of currants, half of them chopped, one and one-half pounds of citron, one-half pound each dates, figs, and almonds, one cupful of molasses, six cupfuls of flour browned if you wish the cake very dark, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, allspice, cloves, one nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. FRUIT CAKE. (No. 6.) One and one-half pounds of flour (browned), one and one-half pounds of sugar, one and one-fourth of butter, two pounds of raisins, two of currants, one pound citron, two nutmegs, one-half pint of molasses, one half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cloves, and one of cinnamon, ten eggs, three tablespoonfuls of rose water. Bake three hours. EVERY DAY FRUIT CAKE. One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful molasses, six cupfuls flour, one cupful sour cream or milk, four eggs, one heaping teaspoonful of soda, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, one-fourth pound of citron, nutmeg, cloves and mace, one tablespoonful of each. RUTH'S CAKE. One cupful sugar, one-half cup butter, one cupful sour milk, one teaspoonful soda, one-half nutmeg, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one cupful chopped raisins, two and one-half cupfuls flour, a little salt. No NAME CAKE. One scant cup of butter, one cupful of brown sugar, one-fourth cup milk, one cupful molasses, three cupfuls flour, two eggs, one-half teaspoonfulof soda, one cupful currants, one-half pound of citron, one and one-half pounds of seedless raisins, one teaspoonful each cloves and cinnamon, one-half nutmeg; add more fruit if you wish. Bake in bread pans from two to three hours, COLD WATER CAKE. One cupful of butter, two cupfuls brown sugar, three cupfuls flour, one cupful cold water, three eggs, well beaten, one teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful cloves, one nutmeg, one tablespoonful cinnamon, one cupful raisins or currants. • COFFEE CAKE, (No, 1,) Two cupfuls brown sugar, one cupful butter, one cupful molasses, one cupful strong coffee, as prepared for the table, four eggs, one teaspoonful saleratus, two teaspoonfuls cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls cloves, one teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, four cupfuls of flour. COFFEE CAKE. (No. 2.) One cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar, one cupful molasses, one pound of raisins, one teaspoonful each of soda, cinnamon and allspice, one-half nutmeg, three eggs (it can be made with one or two eggs). Sift the soda in the molasses. Excellent. SPICE CAKE. Four and one-half cupfuls of flour, three cupfuls of sugar, one and one-half cupfuls butter, one cupful of sour milk, four eggs, one teaspoonful of saleratus, two teaspoonfuls each of cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, one-fourth pound of citron. MOUNT VERNON CAKE.