Scripture Cake

Ingredients

• four and one-half cups of flour
• one and one-half cups of butter
• two cups of sugar
• two cups of raisins
• two cups of figs
• one cup of almonds
• two tablespoonfuls of honey
• season to taste with spices
• six eggs
• a pinch of salt
• one and one-half cups of milk
• two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder

Method

1. 1

   Follow the recipe and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 158. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and flour to make dough. Wash and split one-half pound of figs; put in a deep pan a layer of dough, then one of figs. Alternate till all are used and bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. J. E. Taintor. HONEY CAKE. Stir one-half pint of sour cream into a pint of flour. Add one-half teaspoonful of ground ginger, one-quarter of a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and honey; mix thoroughly and when the cake is ready for the oven, add one-half teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in small quantity of hot water. Beat again for a few minutes, pour the mixture into a buttered mold, and bake in a good oven. This cake may be eaten warm if wished. Mrs. Henrietta Colby. GRAHAM CAKE. Take one cup each of raisins, sugar and sour cream; stew raisins till tender and add flour to them; one-half teaspoonful of soda, a pinch of salt, two eggs; stir stiff with sifted graham flour and bake. An excellent cake. M. A. C. BLACK CAKE. Three pounds of butter, three pounds of flour, three pounds of sugar, six pounds of currants, four pounds of raisins, two pounds of citron, one ounce of cinnamon, one ounce of mace, one nutmeg, thirty eggs, one pint of wine. Mrs. M. Garribrant. MOTHER'S TIP-TOP CAKE. One and one-half cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, the whites of three eggs beaten stiff, two and one-half cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder; flavor to suit. A. V. HOLCOMB. 220 CAKES, WHITE LOAF CAKE. One and one-half cups of pulverized sugar, one-half cup of butter, one and one-half cups 'of flour, one-half cup of corn-starch, one-half cup of sweet milk; two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder; flavor with a few drops of lemon or vanilla extract, whites of six eggs. Mrs. A. P. Lyon. "REBECCA" CAKE. One cup of granulated sugar, one-half cup of butter (scant), one beaten ^gg, one cup of sweet milk; then add one pint of flour, two tea- spoonfuls of baking-powder, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, all- spice; sift three times. Miss M. Rusk. LINCOLN CAKE. Two eggs, two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Mrs. a. Barton. CAKE WITHOUT BUTTER OR EQQS. Two cups of sugar, two cups of sweet cream, four cups of flour, two small teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in a little milk, currants or chopped raisins. Sour milk or buttermilk can be used, but must not be very sour, small piece of butter may be added, but good without; season to taste. Mrs. Mary Yates. FEATHER CAKE. (Good.) One cup fine granulated sugar, one-half cup of sweet milk and cream (more milk than cream) one scant tablespoonful butter, one cup of flour sifted with one teaspoonful baking powder, teaspoonful of vanilla. LiLLIE. BEAUTIFUL CAKE. Three cups of sugar, two cups of butter, five cups of flour, one pound of fruit, one cup of milk, five eggs, one teaspoonful of soda. Mrs. E. M. Buchanan. SCRIPTURE CAKE. Four and one-half cups of i Kings 4:28, flour; one and one-half cups of Judges 5:25, butter, L. C; two cups of Jeremiah 6:20, sugar; two cups of I Samuel 30:12, raisins; two cups of Nahum 3:12, figs; one cup of Num- bers 17:8, almonds; two tablespoonfuls of i Samuel 14:25, honey; season to taste with 2 Chronicles 9:9, spices; six of Jeremiah 17:11, eggs; a pinch of Leviticus, salt; one and one-half cups of Judges 4:19, milk, L. C; two TEACH THE BOYS AND GIRLS TO MAKE THEIR OWN CANDY And yet we check and chide The airy angels as they float about us, 1. Stanley's Fudges 2. Miss Parloa's Chocolate Creams 3. Edwin's Ribbon Candy. 4. Fancy Bon Bon Basket. With rules of so called wisdom, till they grow The same tame slaves to custom aud the world 5. Palmer's Pineapple Glace. 6. Janet's Peppermint Drops 7. Ethel's Candied Cherries. JJ, Crystallized Lemon (Southern Rectpe, GOODIES FOR THE LUNCH BOX AND HOW TO MAKE THUm ». Greenacre Hermits. (See Page 251.) 4. Unsurpassed Raisin Pies. 2. Elsie's Cocoanut Cookies. (See Page 252.) (See Page 203.) <- 3. Nut Macaroons— French Recipe. O 5. Mrs. Payne's Canadian Coffee Cake. (See Page 338.) (See Page 231.) CAKES. 221 teaspoonfuls of Amos 4:5, baking-powder. Follow Solomon's prescrip- tion for making a good boy by Proverbs 23:14 — "thou shall beat him well with a rod" — and you will have a good cake. Mrs. Cynthia Pullman. CAMPAIGN CAKE. Two cups of sugar and one-half cup of butter beaten to a cream; to this add one cup of cold water and three cups of flour sifted with three teaspoonfuls of baking-powder five times. Then add the whites of five eggs beaten to a stiff froth and one teaspoonful of lemon. Mrs. Carrie Vroman. WHITE LILY CAKE. Whites of six eggs, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, one cup of sweet milk, three-fourths of a cup of butter and two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Use any flavoring desired. Miss Daisy Thomas. WHITE SPONGE CAKE. The whites of eight eggs beaten to a froth, one cup of flour, one and one-half cups of pulverized sugar and one teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Sift the flour, sugar and cream of tartar together several times, then add about one-half of it slowly to the eggs, then put in two tablespoonfuls of swee

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