Recipes Tried and True Part 21

CREAM CAKE. MRS. G. H. WRIGHT.

Two cups granulated sugar, three-fourths cup b.u.t.ter, one cup sweet milk, three cups sifted flour, three teaspoons baking powder sifted in the flour, the well beaten whites of eight eggs. Bake in three layers.

One pint rich sweet cream, whipped with one small teacup sugar.

Flavor to taste, and put between layers.

CUSTARD CAKE. MISS ANN THOMPSON.

Four eggs, one and one-half cups sugar, two tablespoons water, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder.

FILLING.--One egg, one-half pint sweet milk, one-half cup sugar, two tablespoons flour, b.u.t.ter size of hickory nut. Flavor to taste.

LEMON CREAM CAKE. MRS. C. H.

One-half cup b.u.t.ter, two cups sugar, one cup sweet milk, three eggs (yolks and whites beaten separately), three cups flour, three teaspoonfuls baking powder.

FILLING.--One cup sugar, two teaspoonfuls b.u.t.ter, two eggs, and the grated rind and juice of two lemons; mix all together, and boil to consistency of jelly. Spread between layers, and dust powdered sugar on top.

ICE-CREAM CAKE. MRS. C. H.

One cup b.u.t.ter rubbed with two cups white sugar to a cream, one cup sweet milk, three and one-half cups flour, three level teaspoons baking powder, and whites of eight eggs. Bake in jelly tins, and put together with boiled icing flavored with orange.

ROLL JELLY CAKE. GAIL HAMILTON.

Four eggs (yolks and whites beaten separately), one and one-half cups sugar, one and one-half cups flour, two tablespoonfuls water, one-half teaspoonful baking powder mixed with the flour. Bake in dripping pan; spread with jelly, and roll.

LEMON JELLY CAKE. IVA FISH.

Yolks of three eggs, and one cup of sugar, well beaten; one cup of flour, one heaped teaspoon of baking powder; about one-half cup of water, a little salt, whites of three eggs, well beaten.

JELLY.--Juice and grated rind of one lemon, one cup of sugar, one egg, one cup of water, one tablespoon of corn starch dissolved in part of the water. Put all together, and boil in a pail of water until it thickens.

FIG CAKE. MRS. C. C. CAMPBELL.

Whites of six eggs, two cups white sugar, one cup b.u.t.ter, one cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, three scant cups flour.

FILLING.--One pound cut figs, one pint cream, whipped and sweetened.

Put a layer of fig; then one of cream.

NEAPOLITAN CAKE. MRS. A. C. AULT.

DARK PART.--One cup brown sugar, one-half cup b.u.t.ter, one-half cup mola.s.ses; one-half cup strong coffee, two eggs, two and one-half cups flour, one cup raisins, one teaspoon each of soda, cinnamon, and cloves, one and one-half teaspoons mace.

WHITE PART.--Two cups sugar, one-half cup b.u.t.ter, one cup sweet milk, two cups flour, one cup corn starch, white of two eggs, one teaspoon baking powder.

MAPLE CAKE. MRS. C. C. CAMPBELL.

One cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls b.u.t.ter, two eggs (leaving out the white of one), three-fourths cup cold water, two and one-half cups flour, three teaspoonfuls baking powder.

FROSTING.--One-half cup maple syrup or sugar; boil to a taffy; pour over the beaten white of one egg.

VANITY CAKE. MRS. JOHN LANDON.

One and a half cups sugar, half cup b.u.t.ter, half cup sweet milk, one and one-half cups flour, half cup corn starch, teaspoonful baking powder, whites of six eggs; bake in two cakes, putting a frosting between and on top. Grate cocoanut all over.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE. MRS. FENTON FISH.

Two cups darkest brown sugar, one-half cup b.u.t.ter, two eggs, one-half cup sour milk, three cups flour, one pinch salt; mix thoroughly together. Take one-half cup boiling water; stir into this one teaspoon soda, and one-half cup grated Baker's chocolate; stir into batter.

FILLING.--Two cups dark brown sugar, one-half cup b.u.t.ter, one-half cup sweet milk or cream. Cook until it threads.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE. MRS. G. H. WRIGHT.

PART I.--One cup brown sugar, three quarters of a cup b.u.t.ter, one-half cup sour milk, two and one-half cups sifted flour, one level teaspoon soda, yolks of three eggs, whites of two. Stir this together, and then add--

PART II.--One cup brown sugar, one-half cup sweet milk, one cup grated chocolate, put this on the stove, let it dissolve, and add while still warm to Part I. Bake in two layers, and put icing between.

DELMONICO'S CAKE. MRS. M. S. LEONARD.

One-half cup of b.u.t.ter, two cups of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, three cups of sifted flour, the whites of eight eggs, beaten stiff. Cream the b.u.t.ter and sugar; add the milk; then the flour; beat thoroughly; then add the eggs; and flour, with vanilla.

FILLING.--Two cups of maple or brown-sugar, one cup of milk, a lump of b.u.t.ter the size of a walnut, a tablespoonful of vanilla, or any flavor. Boil till it gets like candy; beat to a cream.