Mix and let stand while cake is bak-
ing: Juice of two oranges and rind left
from cake, 34 cup sugar. Pour over hot
cake.
—Mrs. T. E. Burney
and Mary Lou Ennis
BROWN STONE FRONT CAKE
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
3 eggs
1 cup butter or Crisco
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda
1 square unsweetened chocolate or
3 tablespoons cocoa
14 cup warm water✪ Brown Stone Front Cake
Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs
and vanilla. Sift flour, add alternately
with butter and milk. Dissolve choco-
late and soda in warm water. Add to
mixture.
Grease three 8-inch layer cake pans
and sprinkle with flour. Bake at 350
degres for 25 minutes.
Icing:
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
1 cup canned milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Melt butter. Stir in sugar and milk.
Cook 45 minutes at low heat. Let cool,
add vanilla, beat until thick enough to
spread.
—Floread Buff
WHITE FRUIT CAKE
--¥2 pound candied pineapple __ __ —-_
.._'42 pound candied cherries ... —-_ —--
uve sDOUNC) Candied sClirOnie: spe us seee
-.Y2 pound sliced Brazil. nuts) 2... 22.-
Slice and add % cup orange juice, let
it sit overnight.
1 cup butter
11% cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
Cream and add 4 egg yolks, then add
4 tablespoons coconut which has stood
15 minutes with 1 teaspoon almond ex-
tract. Combine all and add 2 teaspoons
baking powder, then add 4 cups flour.
Next add 4 stiffly beaten egg whites.✪ White Fruit Cake
Bake in an oven about 350 degrees for
14% hours.
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CAKES 89
DELICIOUS POUND CAKE
OR WHOLE WHEAT
Y% pound butter
2 cups brown sugar
pinch of salt
5 eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour
grated rind of 1 orange✪ Delicious Pound Cake or Whole Wheat
Cream butter. Gradually add brown
sugar and salt, and cream together un-
til fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add
sifted flour, grated rind of orange. Bake
in loaf pan at 325 degrees for one hour.
—Miss Isabel Dalmas
FUDGE BAR CAKE
2 ounces chocolate dissolved in % cup
boiling water
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1% teaspoon soda
Y% cup Spry
Y, cup sweet milk plus juice of %
lemon.
1% teaspoon vanilla
1 egg unbeaten✪ Fudge Bar Cake
Pour boiling water over chocolate and
stir until melted. Cool. Sift flour, sugar,
salt and soda into chocolate mixture,
drop in Spry, add milk, vanilla and egg.
Bake in 350 degree oven for about 30
minutes. Makes one 9-inch layer.
Fudge Icing:
1 stick butter
2 squares chocolate
1 box brown sugar
2/3 cup canned milk
14 teaspoon salt
Boil one minute or until it forms soft
ball in cold water. Beat until right con-
sistency to spread.
—Mrs. J. B. Weaver
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
1% cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
8 pineapple slices
Mix melted butter with brown sugar
in heavy skillet. Arrange pineapple slices
in pan. Place cherries in center or nuts
if desired.
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
5 tablespoons pineapple juice
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder✪ Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Blend beaten egg yolks, sugar and
pineapple juice. Sift in flour and baking
powder, Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour
batter over fruit in pan and bake about
45 minutes until even brown.
—Mrs. Mary M. Garrou
POUND CAKE
1 box confectioner’s sugar
1 box cake flour (measure in sugar
box)
1% teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon lemon juice or almond
3 sticks margarine (at room tem-
perature)
Cream sugar and margarine. Add one
egg at a time. Add vanilla and lemon
juice. Stir in flour. Grease and flour
9 inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for
one hour 20 minutes.
—Floread Buff
POUND CAKE
1 2/3 cup sugar
14 pound butter
5 eggs
2 cups flour
vanilla or lemon flavoring
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs
and flour alternately. Beat well. Add
vanilla. Bake at 325 degrees for ap-
proximately one hour.
—Mrs. Steve Rostan
90 CAKES
Waldensian Cookery
POUND CAKE
% pound butter
1% cup shortening
3 cups sugar
1 cup milk
6 eggs
3 cups plain flour ✪ Cake
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Mix and let stand while cake is baking: Juice of two oranges and rind left from cake, 34 cup sugar. Pour over hot cake.
—Mrs. T. E. Burney and Mary Lou Ennis
BROWN STONE FRONT CAKE
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
3 eggs
1 cup butter or Crisco
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda
1 square unsweetened chocolate or 3 tablespoons cocoa
14 cup warm water
Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs and vanilla. Sift flour, add alternately with butter and milk. Dissolve chocolate and soda in warm water. Add to mixture.
Grease three 8-inch layer cake pans and sprinkle with flour. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Icing:
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
1 cup canned milk 1 teaspoon vanilla
Melt butter. Stir in sugar and milk. Cook 45 minutes at low heat. Let cool, add vanilla, beat until thick enough to spread.
—Florence Buff
WHITE FRUIT CAKE
1/2 pound candied pineapple, 1/2 pound candied cherries, 1/2 pound candied citrine, 1/2 pound sliced Brazil nuts 2... 22.-
Slice and add % cup orange juice, let it sit overnight.
1 cup butter
11% cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla pinch salt
Cream and add 4 egg yolks, then add 4 tablespoons coconut which has stood 15 minutes with 1 teaspoon almond extract. Combine all and add 2 teaspoons baking powder, then add 4 cups flour. Next add 4 stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in an oven about 350 degrees for 14% hours.
Waldensian Cookery
DELICIOUS POUND CAKE OR WHOLE WHEAT
Y% pound butter
2 cups brown sugar
pinch of salt
5 eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour grated rind of 1 orange
Cream butter. Gradually add brown sugar and salt, and cream together until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add sifted flour, grated rind of orange. Bake in loaf pan at 325 degrees for one hour.
—Miss Isabel Dalmas
FUDGE BAR CAKE
2 ounces chocolate dissolved in % cup boiling water
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1% teaspoon soda
Y% cup Spry
Y, cup sweet milk plus juice of % lemon.
1% teaspoon vanilla
1 egg unbeaten
Pour boiling water over chocolate and stir until melted. Cool. Sift flour, sugar, salt and soda into chocolate mixture, drop in Spry, add milk, vanilla and egg. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Makes one 9-inch layer.
Fudge Icing:
1 stick butter
2 squares chocolate
1 box brown sugar
2/3 cup canned milk
14 teaspoon salt
Boil one minute or until it forms soft ball in cold water. Beat until right consistency to spread.
—Mrs. J. B. Weaver
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
1% cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 8 pineapple slices
Mix melted butter with brown sugar in heavy skillet. Arrange pineapple slices in pan. Place cherries in center or nuts if desired.
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
5 tablespoons pineapple juice 1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Blend beaten egg yolks, sugar and pineapple juice. Sift in flour and baking powder, Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour batter over fruit in pan and bake about 45 minutes until even brown.
—Mrs. Mary M. Garrou
1 box confectioner’s sugar
1 box cake flour (measure in sugar box)
1% teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon lemon juice or almond
3 sticks margarine (at room temperature)
Cream sugar and margarine. Add one egg at a time. Add vanilla and lemon juice. Stir in flour. Grease and flour 9 inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour 20 minutes.
—Florence Buff
1 2/3 cup sugar
14 pound butter
5 eggs
2 cups flour
vanilla or lemon flavoring
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and flour alternately. Beat well. Add vanilla. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately one hour.
—Mrs. Steve Rostan
Waldensian Cookery
% pound butter
1% cup shortening
3 cups sugar
1 cup milk
6 eggs
3 cups plain flour
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