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LOAF CAKE RECIPE

A recipe for making loaf cake – Place in a mixing bowl One and one-half cups of sugar, Yolks of four eggs. Cream until well blended and then add Six ounces of butter. Cream again and then add Four cups of flour, Five teaspoons of baking powder, One teaspoon of flavoring, One and one-quarter cups …

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LIGHT FRUIT CAKE (FOR CHRISTMAS)

1 pound butter, scant measure. 1 pound pulverized sugar. 1 pound flour (full pound). 10 eggs. 1 pound English walnut kernels. 1 pound raisins. 3/4 lb. citron, candied orange and lemon peel. 1 cup brandy. 1 teaspoonful baking powder. Bake 2-1/2 to 3 hours. This is an excellent cake.

LIGHT CAKE RECIPE

A recipe for making light cake. – 2 lbs. of brown breadcrumbs, 1/2 lb. of sultanas, 3 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately; 2 oz. of butter, as much milk as required to moisten 1/4 lb. of sugar. Rub the butter into the breadcrumbs, add the fruit, sugar, yolks, and lukewarm milk. At the last …

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LENTIL CAKES RECIPE

A recipe for making lentil cakes. – 2 oz. of picked and washed Egyptian lentils, 1 small finely chopped and fried onion, 1 dessertspoonful of cold boiled vermicelli, 1 egg, some breadcrumbs, seasoning to taste. Stew the lentils with the onion in just enough water to cover them; when cooked, they should be a thick …

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LARGE POUND CAKE

One and one-half cupfuls of sugar, Eight ounces of shortening. Cream together until light and fluffy and then add Yolks of six eggs, Five cupfuls of sifted flour, Three level teaspoons of baking powder, One and one-half cupfuls of milk, One teaspoonful of mace. Beat for twenty minutes to blend and then carefully fold in …

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INDIAN GRIDDLE CAKES

One cupful cornmeal, One cupful flour, One teaspoonful salt, Three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, Two tablespoonfuls of syrup, One tablespoonful shortening, One egg, One and one-quarter cups of milk. Beat hard to mix and then bake on a hot griddle.

ICING FOR CAKE

Dissolve 3 cups of sugar in a cup of boiling water. Cook until it spins a thread, about ten or twelve minutes. Take from fire and pour over three stiffly beaten whites of eggs, then add a cup of nut meats (blanched and chopped almonds). One cup of chopped raisins may also be added if …

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HUCKLEBERRY SHORTCAKE

Place in a mixing bowl Three-quarters cup of sugar, One egg, Four tablespoons of shortening, Two cups of flour, Four teaspoons of baking powder, Three-quarters cup of water. Beat and mix and then pour into well-greased oblong pan and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes. Cool and then split, and fill with the prepared …

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HONEY CORN CAKES RECIPE

A recipe for making honey corn cakes – Boil one pound of pure honey. Take one pound of cornmeal mixed with a little ground allspice, cloves, and pepper, add the boiled honey, make a loose batter, add one wineglass of brandy; mix all, and cool. Wet the hands with cold water, take pieces of the …

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HONEY CAKES

One cup of honey, One-half cup of brown sugar, One-half cup of shortening. Cream well and then add Yolks of three eggs, Four cups of sifted flour, One teaspoon of cinnamon, One-half teaspoon of nutmeg, One-half teaspoon of salt, One and one-half teaspoons of baking soda, dissolved in, One cup of sour milk. Beat to …

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HONEY CAKES

Three eggs, not separated, beaten with one cup of sugar, one cup of honey, one cup of blanched almonds chopped finely, one teaspoon each of allspice, cloves, and cinnamon, one cup of chocolate and flour enough to make a thick batter; one teaspoon of baking-soda. Spread very thin on square, buttered pans, bake in a …

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HICKORY NUT CAKE

1-1/2 cups sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 3/4 cup milk. Whites of 4 eggs. 1 cup hickory nut meats, chopped. 2 cups flour sifted with 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mix together as ordinary cake. Bake in a loaf.

GOLD CAKE

Take one cup of powdered sugar, one-half cup of butter rubbed to a cream; add yolks of six eggs and stir until very light. Then sift two cups of flour with one and one-half teaspoons of baking-powder sifted in well (sift the flour two or three times). Grate in the peel of a lemon or …

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GINGER CAKE

Place in a mixing bowl One cup of molasses, Three-quarters cup of sugar, Ten tablespoonfuls of shortening, Three and one-half cups of flour, One level tablespoon of baking powder, One cup of cold water, One teaspoon of baking soda, dissolved in the water, One egg, One teaspoon of ginger, One teaspoon of cinnamon, One-half teaspoon …

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