The Toronto Cook Book

One dozen eggs, two pounds currants rolled in a little flour, three pounds raisins, half pound almonds sliced, one tablespoon cinnamon and mace, four nutmegs, two wine glasses of coffee, one ounce of rosewater, half pound candied lemon, half pound citron peel cut fine. Stir one pound of flour in a dish and one pound powdered sugar. Mix to a cream with one pound of butter. Then add all the spices, fruit and coffee Also one spoonful of soda. Stir very hard and bake three hours in a slow oven. Layer Spice Cake Two cups brown sugar, half cup butter, two eggs, reserving white of one egg for frosting, one teaspoon cinnamon, half a teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon allspice, quarter nutmeg, one cup sweet milk, two and three-quarters scant cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder. Cream sugar and butter, add eggs well beaten, then milk, put spices in flour and baking powder, Bake in three layers, put together with boiled icing with one cup chopped raisins. Devil's Cream Cake Cake Part — One cup brown sugar, half cup butter, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, half cup sweet milk and two eggs. Custard Part — One cup grated chocolate unsweetened, half cup sweet-milk, one cup brown sugar, one egg, one teaspoon vanilla. Stir all together and cook in double boiler. Cook slowly and set away to cool. Now take the ingredients for cake part and mix with the custard. Mocha Frosting for Above One cup powdered sugar sifted, butter half size of egg, two tablespoons strong coffee, two tablespoons cocoa, one teaspoon vanilla; stir and spread on cakes. The Toronto Cook Book Mabel's Tea Cake One cup sugar, half cup butter, two eggs and half cup milk, one and a half cups flour, one teaspoon baking powder. Cream butter and sugar together; beat eggs before putting in cake. Bake in a long, narrow bread tin. — M.B.H. Novelty Cake (Two Layers) Mix two cups of powdered sugar, three-quarters cup butter, three eggs, one cup milk, two heaping teaspoons baking powder, and enough flour to make a smooth batter. Bake in a rather hot oven. Coronation Cake (Two Layers) Two eggs, half cup butter, one cup brown sugar, one cup of sour milk, one cup seedless raisins, one and a half cups flour, one tablespoon syrup, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon nutmeg. Icing — Sugar mixed with milk or cream, large piece of butter, flavoring of vanilla. Sprinkle crushed nuts on top. Black Layer Cake Take bowl and place on table, then put in bowl the yolks of three eggs, two tablespoons brown sugar, blend together thoroughly, add three-quarters cup molasses, sift half a cup of flour, or little more if necessary, a little salt, one teaspoon soda dissolved in a little water; mix thoroughly and add threequarters of a cup of boiling water. Icing for Above Whites of two eggs well beaten, one cup brown sugar, boil until stringy; put in beaten whites of eggs. Cornstarch Cake