One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one and three-fourth cup swansdown
flour, one-half cup raisins, one-half cup nuts, two-thirds cup of cold coffee or
sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves,
a pinch of salt✪ Spice Muffins. —MRS. T. B. KEMPER.
FEATHER GINGER BREAD
One-fourth cup sugar, one-fourth cup molasses, one-fourth cup melted
lard, one-fourth cup sweet milk, one-fourth cup sour milk, one cup bread
flour, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon salt, one
teaspoon ginger, one well beaten egg✪ Feather Ginger Bread. Sift together the dry ingredients, blend
all that remain and beat in the flour mixture. Bake in a single layer cake
pan, in a moderate oven for about twenty minutes. — MRS. T. B. KEMPER.
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ORANGE CAKE
I £ cupful butter or substitute 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1 cupful sugar 2 eggs
2 cupfuls Swans Down Cake Flour ^cupful milk
1 feaspobnful flavoring✪ Orange Cake
Sift flour once before measuring.
Cream shortening, add sugar gradually. Add beaten egg yolks and
beat hard. Sift flour, measure, add baking powder and sift again. Add
alternately with milk to first mixture. Add flavoring. Fold in stiffly
beaten egg whites. Bake in 2 layers or double recipe for 3 large layers,
in moderately hot oven (.375° P.). Put together with Orange Filling,
and cover with Boiled Icing.
ORANGE FILLING
1 cupful sugar '■> tablespoonfuls lemon juice
f) tablespoonfuls Swans Down 4 tablespoonfuls water
Cake Flour 1 egg slightly beat en
Grated rind 1 orange 2 teaspoonfuls butter
l/2 cupful orange juice✪ Orange Filling
Mix ingredients in order given. Cook ten minutes in double boiler,
st irring constantly. Cool before spreading.
DELICIOUS ONE-EGG CAKE
J4 cupful butter or substitute 13^ cupfuls Iglehcart's Swans
% cupful sugar Down Cake Flour
I egg, well beaten 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1 2 cupful milk l^i teaspoonf ul vanilla
Cream the shortening; add gradually the sugar, beating hard, then
the egg; sift flour and baking powder together; add alternately with the
milk, a little at a time. Add vanilla. Bake in a shallow pan in a moder-
ate oven about 30 minutes (350-375° F.). Ice as desired.
MARBLE ANGEL FOOD
1 1 egg whites (1 34 cupfuls)
34 teaspoonf ul salt
1 teaspoonf ul cream of tartar
1 34 cupfuls sugar (sifted)
White Part Dark Part
3 £ Cupful Swans I )own Cake Flour 2 tablespoonfuls cocoa
] 2 tcaspoonful vanilla 0 tablespoonfuls Swans 1 town
Cake Flour
34 teaspoonful lemon extract
Add salt to egg whites and beat on a large platter until foamy, then
add cream of tartar and beat until the whites are stiff but not dry.
Fold the sugar in carefully, using one tablespoonful at a time. When
all the sugar has been folded in, divide the egg mixture into two equal
parts. To one part, fold in carefully } ■> teaspoonful vanilla and 3 2 cupful
Swans Down Cake Flour,✪ Marble Angel Food which has been sifted four times. To the other
part add the lemon extract, and the cocoa and 6 tablespoonfuls Swans
Down Cake Flour which have been sifted together five times.
Put these two batters into Angel Food tin, alternating the white
and dark. Bake one hour in a slow oven d'7.")0 to 325° P.).
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One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one and three-fourth cup swansdown
flour, one-half cup raisins, one-half cup nuts, two-thirds cup of cold coffee or
sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves,
a pinch of salt. —MRS. T. B. KEMPER.
FEATHER GINGER BREAD
One-fourth cup sugar, one-fourth cup molasses, one-fourth cup melted
lard, one-fourth cup sweet milk, one-fourth cup sour milk, one cup bread
flour, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon salt, one
teaspoon ginger, one well beaten egg. Sift together the dry ingredients, blend
all that remain and beat in the flour mixture. Bake in a single layer cake
pan, in a moderate oven for about twenty minutes. — MRS. T. B. KEMPER.
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ORANGE CAKE
I £ cupful butter or substitute 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1 cupful sugar 2 eggs
2 cupfuls Swans Down Cake Flour ^cupful milk
1 feaspobnful flavoring
Sift flour once before measuring.
Cream shortening, add sugar gradually. Add beaten egg yolks and
beat hard. Sift flour, measure, add baking powder and sift again. Add
alternately with milk to first mixture. Add flavoring. Fold in stiffly
beaten egg whites. Bake in 2 layers or double recipe for 3 large layers,
in moderately hot oven (.375° P.). Put together with Orange Filling,
and cover with Boiled Icing.
ORANGE FILLING
1 cupful sugar '■> tablespoonfuls lemon juice
f) tablespoonfuls Swans Down 4 tablespoonfuls water
Cake Flour 1 egg slightly beat en
Grated rind 1 orange 2 teaspoonfuls butter
l/2 cupful orange juice
Mix ingredients in order given. Cook ten minutes in double boiler,
st irring constantly. Cool before spreading.
DELICIOUS ONE-EGG CAKE
J4 cupful butter or substitute 13^ cupfuls Iglehcart's Swans
% cupful sugar Down Cake Flour
I egg, well beaten 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1 2 cupful milk l^i teaspoonf ul vanilla
Cream the shortening; add gradually the sugar, beating hard, then
the egg; sift flour and baking powder together; add alternately with the
milk, a little at a time. Add vanilla. Bake in a shallow pan in a moder-
ate oven about 30 minutes (350-375° F.). Ice as desired.
MARBLE ANGEL FOOD
1 1 egg whites (1 34 cupfuls)
34 teaspoonf ul salt
1 teaspoonf ul cream of tartar
1 34 cupfuls sugar (sifted)
White Part Dark Part
3 £ Cupful Swans I )own Cake Flour 2 tablespoonfuls cocoa
] 2 tcaspoonful vanilla 0 tablespoonfuls Swans 1 town
Cake Flour
34 teaspoonful lemon extract
Add salt to egg whites and beat on a large platter until foamy, then
add cream of tartar and beat until the whites are stiff but not dry.
Fold the sugar in carefully, using one tablespoonful at a time. When
all the sugar has been folded in, divide the egg mixture into two equal
parts. To one part, fold in carefully } ■> teaspoonful vanilla and 3 2 cupful
Swans Down Cake Flour, which has been sifted four times. To the other
part add the lemon extract, and the cocoa and 6 tablespoonfuls Swans
Down Cake Flour which have been sifted together five times.
Put these two batters into Angel Food tin, alternating the white
and dark. Bake one hour in a slow oven d'7.")0 to 325° P.).
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