The Times cook book, no. 2

cups of granulated sugar, one-half cup butter one-half cup sweet milk, three cups flour, three teaspoons baking powder, two squares chocolate. Cream, butter and sugar and yolks thoroughly, then add milk, then whites of eggs beaten stiff, then flour and stir hard; then add chocolate dissolved in a little hot water. Bake in greased pan in moderate oven, in a loaf; frost with white frosting, flavored with vanilla. (Original.) NO. 5. LOAF CHOCOLATE CAKE. Mrs. George F. Rathbun, No. 779 Kohler street, Los Angeles.— Take one cup brown sugar, onehalf cup butter, one tablespoon black molasses, one-half cup sour milk, three eggs, yolks only, beaten light, one teaspoon soda, five tablespoons ground chocolate, one and one-half cups flour, scant. Mix in order named and sift the soda, chocolate and flour together. Bake in slow oven. NO. 6. COFFEE CAKE. Mrs. George F. Rathbun, No. 779 Kohler street, Los Angeles.— Take one cup sugar, one cup New Orleans molasses, one-half cup butter, two eggs; mix all together. One cup coffee, three cup flour, two teaspoons soda, level; one pound raisins, one pound currants, one-fourth pound citron, chopped; one tablespoon ground cinnamon, one tablespoon ground cloves. Dredge the raisins, currants and citron well with flour before using. Very easily made and is better if kept a long time before using. NO. 7. CORN STARCH CAKE. Mrs. E. A! Stickney, No. 1028 South Hill street, Los Angeles.— Take one cup white sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, one and one-fourth cups sifted flour, one-half cup cornstarch, two teaspoons baking powder, whites of two eggs, beaten to a feather; flavoring to suit the taste. A very delicate cake. NO. 8. DELICIOUS CREAM CAKE. (Original.) Mrs. Anna B. Rogers, No. 528 West Second street., Pomona, Cal.— Take onehalf cup sour cream, one cup sugar, two small or one large egg, yolk and white, beaten separate; scant one-half teaspoon soda; one tablespoon molasses, one-half teaspoon cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon ground cloves, one-fourth teaspoon mace, one cup milk, two teaspoons baking powder, - sifted with two cups sifted flour. Put the soda In sour cream, then add sugar, molasses and spices, then flour and lastly the white of egg; make about stiff as cup cake. Bake on three tins and put any kind of icing or cream filling between. The following caramel icing will be found very nice with this cake. One cup sugar, one-third cup rich milk, one teaspoon cocoa, or if preferred use one-half teaspoon red fruit coloring instead of cocoa; cook ten minutes, remove from fire and add one-half teaspoon vanilla; stir until right consistency and spread on cake warm; if it gets too stiff return to fire a moment to make smooth again: Another delicious filling for cake is made from three apples grated or stewed and mashed fine; one peeled lemon, grated; one egg, beaten stiff; one cup sugar, a few drops of lemon extract. Boil until thick like soft custard.