Directions — Grind pork, then pour coffee boiling hot on it, and set on the
stove a few minutes before adding any of the other ingredients. Then put in
sugar, soda, spices and flour. Dredge nuts and raisins with flour and add last.
Bake one hour.
NUT CAKE
Three cups of swansdown flour (before sifting), three-fourths cup of
butter or crisco, whites of seven eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
sifted with the flour, two and one-half cups of sugar, four cups of chopped
nuts floured. Flavor with vanilla.
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WALNUT CAKE
One-half cup of butter, one cup of sugar, yolks of two eggs, one-half cup
of milk, one and three-fourths cups of swansdown flour, two and one-half
teaspoons of baking powder, whites of three eggs, three-fourths cup of walnut
meats broken in pieces. Bake forty-five minutes. Cut in squares and put
half of a walnut meat on each.
WHITE CAKE
Whites of five eggs, two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of swansdown flour✪ Chocolate Batter Cake,
one cupful of cornstarch, one cupful of butter, level teaspoon of baking pow-
der, one cupful of sweet milk. — MRS. F. W. CRAIG.
VELVET CAKE
Seven eggs, whites only, two cupsful of sugar, two cupsful of swansdown
flour, one cupful of cornstarch, one cupful of milk, one scant cupful of butter,
two teaspoonsful of baking powder✪ Velvet Cake. Flavor to taste.
SCRIPTURE CAKE
One cup butter Judges, 5 : 25
Three and one-half cups swansdown flour I Kings, 4:22
Two teaspoons baking powder Amos 4 : 5
Three cups sugar Jeremiah, 6 : 20
Two cups raisins I Samuel, 30 : 12
Two cups figs Jeremiah, 29 : 2
One cup water Numbers, 28 : 5
Six eggs Isaiah, 10 : 14
One tablespoon honey Genesis, 43 : 11
A pinch of salt Leviticus, 2 : 13
Spice to taste✪ Scripture Cake I Kings, 10 : 10
Follow Solomon's advice for making a good boy and you will have a good
cake.— Prov. 23:14.
DEVIL CAKE
Custard Part — One cupful grated chocolate, one cupful brown sugar, one-
half cupful sweet mil✪ Devil Cakek. Dissolve over slow fire and set aside to cool. Add to
second part when cool.
Second Part — One cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of butter, yolks of
three eggs or two whole eggs, two cups of swansdown flour with one small
teaspoon of soda sifted on flour, one-half cup of sweet milk.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE
Whites of nine large or ten small eggs, one and one-fourth cups granu-
lated sugar, one cup swansdown flour, one-half teaspoon cream of tartar added
to eggs when about half beaten. Flavor to taste✪ Angel Food Cake.
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BUSH-FLORA SHOE COMPANY
HIGH GRADE SHOES AND BAGGAGE
131 Salem Avenue, West
E. L. Bush, President E. R. Hall, Sec'y and Treas.
DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE
First Part — One cup of brown sugar, butter size of walnut, one-half cup
of milk, two heaping cups of swansdown flour, yolks of three eggs, one small
teaspoon of soda sifted in the flour.
Second Part — One cup of grated chocolate✪ Devil's Food Cake, one cup of brown sugar, one-
half cup of milk. Heat until dissolved but do not boil. When cool stir into
it first part and bake in three pans.
Filling — Two cups of light sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of
sweet milk. Boil five minutes. Flavor with vanilla. Beat until thick
enough to spread.
ANGEL'S FOOD CAKE
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Directions — Grind pork, then pour coffee boiling hot on it, and set on the stove a few minutes before adding any of the other ingredients. Then put in sugar, soda, spices and flour. Dredge nuts and raisins with flour and add last. Bake one hour.
NUT CAKE
Three cups of swansdown flour (before sifting), three-fourths cup of butter or crisco, whites of seven eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with the flour, two and one-half cups of sugar, four cups of chopped nuts floured. Flavor with vanilla.
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WALNUT CAKE
One-half cup of butter, one cup of sugar, yolks of two eggs, one-half cup of milk, one and three-fourths cups of swansdown flour, two and one-half teaspoons of baking powder, whites of three eggs, three-fourths cup of walnut meats broken in pieces. Bake forty-five minutes. Cut in squares and put half of a walnut meat on each.
Whites of five eggs, two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of swansdown flour, one cupful of cornstarch, one cupful of butter, level teaspoon of baking powder, one cupful of sweet milk. — MRS. F. W. CRAIG.
VELVET CAKE
Seven eggs, whites only, two cupsful of sugar, two cupsful of swansdown flour, one cupful of cornstarch, one cupful of milk, one scant cupful of butter, two teaspoonsful of baking powder. Flavor to taste.
SCRIPTURE CAKE
One cup butter Judges, 5 : 25
Three and one-half cups swansdown flour I Kings, 4:22
Two teaspoons baking powder Amos 4 : 5
Three cups sugar Jeremiah, 6 : 20
Two cups raisins I Samuel, 30 : 12
Two cups figs Jeremiah, 29 : 2
One cup water Numbers, 28 : 5
Six eggs Isaiah, 10 : 14
One tablespoon honey Genesis, 43 : 11
A pinch of salt Leviticus, 2 : 13
Spice to taste I Kings, 10 : 10
Follow Solomon's advice for making a good boy and you will have a good cake.— Prov. 23:14.
DEVIL CAKE
Custard Part — One cupful grated chocolate, one cupful brown sugar, one-half cupful sweet milk. Dissolve over slow fire and set aside to cool. Add to second part when cool.
Second Part — One cup of brown sugar, oone-half cup of butter, yolks of three eggs or two whole eggs, two cups of swansdown flour with one small teaspoon of soda sifted on flour, one-half cup of sweet milk.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE
Whites of nine large or ten small eggs, one and one-fourth cups granulated sugar, one cup swansdown flour, one-half teaspoon cream of tartar added to eggs when about half beaten. Flavor to taste.
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BUSH-FLORA SHOE COMPANY
HIGH GRADE SHOES AND BAGGAGE
131 Salem Avenue, West
E. L. Bush, President E. R. Hall, Sec'y and Treas.
First Part — One cup of brown sugar, butter size of walnut, one-half cup of milk, two heaping cups of swansdown flour, yolks of three eggs, one small teaspoon of soda sifted in the flour.
Second Part — One cup of grated chocolate, one cup of brown sugar, oone-half cup of milk. Heat until dissolved but do not boil. When cool stir into it first part and bake in three pans.
Filling — Two cups of light sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk. Boil five minutes. Flavor with vanilla. Beat until thick enough to spread.
ANGEL'S FOOD CAKE
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