Two and one-half pounds of flour, i pound of butter, i pound of sugar, 5 eggs, i teaspoon of seasoning, i wineglass of brandy, I teaspoon of cinnamon✪ Queen Cake. Mix as for tea cakes, and cut with a round cutter. While the cakes are hot, stick on each one a blanched almond. Cinnamon Cake. Two pounds of flour, ^ pound of butter, 5 eggs, i pound of sugar, 2 tablespoons of cinnamon✪ Cinnamon Cake. Use the yelks of 3 eggs and 2 whole ones. Roll and cut round. Beat the 3 whites and add pulverized sugar until it is thick ; season with cinnamon, and while the cakes are hot spread on with a feather. Sauer's Vanilla Drop Cakes. Beat ^ cup of butter, 13/2 cups of powdered sugar and the yelks of 4 eggs together; then add i cup of milk, i^^ cups of sifted flour, and i teaspoon of baking powder ; mix and season with Sauer's vanilla extract✪ Sauer's Vanilla Drop Cakes. Drop by teaspoons into well- CAKES. 87 greased pans, and when done, ice with white icing. Batter must not be thin enough to run. Cocoanut Cakes. Two cups of sugar, i cup of butter, 2 eggs, >4 grated cocoa- nut, and flour enough to roll a thin batter✪ Cocoanut Cakes. Cut out and bake. The dough should have as little flour in it as possible to enable you to roll them thin. Marguerites. Whip to a stiff froth the whites of 3 eggs; add slowly ij4 cups of pulverized sugar and i teaspoon of Sauer's vanilla. Add I cup chopped English walnuts or pecans✪ Marguerites, and beat well. Drop a large spoonful on the top of saltines, or any crisp unsweetened cracker, and slip them in the stove to brown. Serve hot or cold with salad, or as a dessert. Marguerites. One pound of sugar, i pound of butter. Cream. Beat 6 eggs and sift i^ pounds of flour in them; add the butter and sugar and i teaspoon of mixed spices. Season with Sauer's rose extract. Roll ^ inch thick, cut and bake at once. When cold, spread the tops with jelly or marmalade, and cover with a meringue. Slip in the oven to brown. •Ginger Snaps. One cup of butter, i cup of molasses, i cup of brown sugar, 3 heaping tablespoons of ground ginger, flour to make a thin dough✪ Ginger Snaps. Roll as thin as possible, cut and bake in a quick oven. Molasses Cookies. One cup of butter, 2 cups of molasses, i teaspoon of cloves, I tablespoon of ginger, flour to make a stiff dough✪ Molasses Cookies. Mould in your hands in small cakes and bake in a steady oven. 88 TESTED VIRGINIA RECIPES. Old-Fashion Ginger Cakes. Three pounds of flour, i pound of brown sugar, ^ pound of butter or lard, i quart of dark molasses, i^ tablespoons ground cloves, 2,y2 tablespoons of allspice, 3^/2 ounces of cinnamon, 3 ounces ginger, a pinch of salt✪ Old-Fashion Ginger Cakes. Mix well together, roll thin and cut in shapes. Bake in a quick oven. Rich Drop Cakes. One pound of flour, i pound of powdered sugar, ^ pound of butter, ^ pound of currants, 4 eggs, juice of i lemon and grated peel of ^ lemon, ^ teaspoon of soda wet with hot water✪ Rich Drop Cakes. Dridge currants and put them in last of all. Drop the mixture by spoonfuls on buttered paper, taking care they are not close enough to touch in baking.

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Two and one-half pounds of flour, i pound of butter, i pound of sugar, 5 eggs, i teaspoon of seasoning, i wineglass of brandy, I teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix as for tea cakes, and cut with a round cutter. While the cakes are hot, stick on each one a blanched almond. Cinnamon Cake. Two pounds of flour, ^ pound of butter, 5 eggs, i pound of sugar, 2 tablespoons of cinnamon. Use the yelks of 3 eggs and 2 whole ones. Roll and cut round. Beat the 3 whites and add pulverized sugar until it is thick ; season with cinnamon, and while the cakes are hot spread on with a feather. Sauer's Vanilla Drop Cakes. Beat ^ cup of butter, 13/2 cups of powdered sugar and the yelks of 4 eggs together; then add i cup of milk, i^^ cups of sifted flour, and i teaspoon of baking powder ; mix and season with Sauer's vanilla extract. Drop by teaspoons into well- CAKES. 87 greased pans, and when done, ice with white icing. Batter must not be thin enough to run. Cocoanut Cakes. Two cups of sugar, i cup of butter, 2 eggs, >4 grated cocoa- nut, and flour enough to roll a thin batter. Cut out and bake. The dough should have as little flour in it as possible to enable you to roll them thin. Marguerites. Whip to a stiff froth the whites of 3 eggs; add slowly ij4 cups of pulverized sugar and i teaspoon of Sauer's vanilla. Add I cup chopped English walnuts or pecans, and beat well. Drop a large spoonful on the top of saltines, or any crisp unsweetened cracker, and slip them in the stove to brown. Serve hot or cold with salad, or as a dessert. Marguerites. One pound of sugar, i pound of butter. Cream. Beat 6 eggs and sift i^ pounds of flour in them; add the butter and sugar and i teaspoon of mixed spices. Season with Sauer's rose extract. Roll ^ inch thick, cut and bake at once. When cold, spread the tops with jelly or marmalade, and cover with a meringue. Slip in the oven to brown. •Ginger Snaps. One cup of butter, i cup of molasses, i cup of brown sugar, 3 heaping tablespoons of ground ginger, flour to make a thin dough. Roll as thin as possible, cut and bake in a quick oven. Molasses Cookies. One cup of butter, 2 cups of molasses, i teaspoon of cloves, I tablespoon of ginger, flour to make a stiff dough. Mould in your hands in small cakes and bake in a steady oven. 88 TESTED VIRGINIA RECIPES. Old-Fashion Ginger Cakes. Three pounds of flour, i pound of brown sugar, ^ pound of butter or lard, i quart of dark molasses, i^ tablespoons ground cloves, 2,y2 tablespoons of allspice, 3^/2 ounces of cinnamon, 3 ounces ginger, a pinch of salt. Mix well together, roll thin and cut in shapes. Bake in a quick oven. Rich Drop Cakes. One pound of flour, i pound of powdered sugar, ^ pound of butter, ^ pound of currants, 4 eggs, juice of i lemon and grated peel of ^ lemon, ^ teaspoon of soda wet with hot water. Dridge currants and put them in last of all. Drop the mixture by spoonfuls on buttered paper, taking care they are not close enough to touch in baking.

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