The Suffrage Cook Book Part 15

Devil's Food

2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 3 cups flour 1/2 cup boiling water 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup b.u.t.ter 1/2 cup grated chocolate 1 1/2 teaspoons soda

Dissolve soda in boiling water and pour over chocolate and let cool.

Beat b.u.t.ter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs and other things. Bake in layers.

Bride's Cake

12 eggs (whites) 1 small cup b.u.t.ter 4 small cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups sugar 1 cup sweet milk 1/2 cup corn starch Flavor to taste

This makes two good sized cakes, or four layers.

Date Cake

1 Cup Sugar 1/2 Cup b.u.t.ter 2 Eggs 2 Cups Flour 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder 1/3 cup Milk 1 lb. stoned and chopped dates rolled on a portion of the flour

Cream the sugar and b.u.t.ter. Add the well beaten yolks; then the whites; then the flour well sifted with the baking powder. Beat until smooth; add milk, then dates. Beat thoroughly and bake three-quarters of an hour in a steady, but not too hot oven.

Pfeffernusse (Pepper Nuts)

1 cup Lard 1 cup b.u.t.ter 2 cups Brown Sugar 3 Eggs 2 teaspoons Annise seed (ground) 2 oz. whole coriander seed 1/2 lb. Chopped Almonds 1/2 lb. Mixed Citron 6 cups Mola.s.ses 2 teaspoons Soda 1 Quart Flour 1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

Cocoanut Cake

1 cup b.u.t.ter 1 cup sweet milk 1 teaspoon soda 1 grated cocoanut 3 cups sugar 4 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons cream tartar 4 eggs (beaten separately)

In place of the soda and cream of tartar 3 teaspoons of baking powder can be used.

Jam Cake

1 cup brown sugar 2-3 cup b.u.t.ter and lard 3 eggs 1 gla.s.s of strawberry jam 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 grated nutmeg 1/2 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 2 cups flour

Bake in a slow oven.

A march before day to dress one's dinner, and a light dinner to prepare one's supper are the best cooks. Alexander.

Hickory Nut Cake

1 cup sugar 1/2 cup sweet milk 3 eggs 1/2 cup b.u.t.ter 2 teaspoons baking powder flour to stiffen

One large cup chopped hickory nuts and sprinkle a little salt and flour with them. This makes two layers.

Lace Cakes

1 cup brown sugar 1 egg, not beaten 1 1/2 tablespoon flour 1 round teaspoon b.u.t.ter 1 cup English walnuts chopped

Bake on the underside of a pan in a slow oven. This makes 20 cakes.

"Do not misunderstand me. Woman suffrage is right.

It is just. It is expedient. In all moral issues the woman voters make a loyal legion that cannot be betrayed to the forces of evil; and however they are betrayed--as we all are--in campaigns against the Beast, the good that they do in an election is a great gain to a community and a powerful aid to reform. I believe that when the women see the Beast, they will be the first to attack it. I believe that in this our first successful campaign against it, the women saved us."

HON. BEN LINDSAY.

[Ill.u.s.tration]

Lace Cakes

1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon b.u.t.ter 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 2 1/2 cups rolled oats

Cream b.u.t.ter, add sugar and eggs. To this add vanilla and baking powder, and when these are thoroughly mixed, stir in the oats. This should make a stiff batter, and more oats may be added if batter is not stiff enough.

Mold into little cakes with a teaspoon and bake in b.u.t.tered pans two inches apart, for ten minutes.

Marshmallow Teas

Arrange marshmallows on thin, unsweetened round crackers. Make a deep impression in center of each marshmallow, and in each cavity drop 1/4 teaspoon b.u.t.ter. Bake until marshmallows spread and nearly cover crackers. After removing from oven insert half a candied cherry in each cavity.

These are excellent with afternoon tea.

Apple Sauce Cake

1/2 cup b.u.t.ter a little salt 3 cups sifted flour 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 cup nuts 1 1/2 cups apple sauce 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup seeded raisins 2 scant teaspoons soda dissolved in a little water, boiling.

Bake in a slow oven.

Quick Coffee Cakes

Cream one-fourth of a cupful of b.u.t.ter, three-fourths of a cupful of sugar, one egg; add one cupful of milk, two and one-half cupfuls of flour in which two teaspoons of baking powder have been sifted. Beat smooth, then add as many raisins as desired and bake in two pie tins.

When the top has begun to crust over, brush with melted b.u.t.ter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake a golden brown.

Sand Tarts

One pound of granulated sugar, three-quarters of a pound of b.u.t.ter, one pound of flour, one pound of almonds blanched and split, and three eggs.

Cream b.u.t.ter and sugar till very light, add the yolks of the three eggs and the whites of two. Add the flour; roll on the board and cut in oblong or diamond shapes. Beat the white of the remaining egg and bake.