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CRISP OATMEAL CAKES

1 lb. of oatmeal, 2 oz. of butter or oil (1 tablespoonful of oil is 1 oz.), 1 gill of cold milk. Make a dough of the butter, meal, and milk; shake meal plentifully on the board, turn the dough on to it, and having sprinkled this too with meal, work it a little with …

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CREAM LAYER CAKE

Rub one cup of butter and two scant cups of sugar to a cream; the yolks of four eggs beaten in well, add gradually one cup of milk and three cups of sifted flour, and add three teaspoons of baking-powder in last sifting; put whites in last. Bake in layers as for jelly cake. When …

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CORNFLOUR CAKE

1/2 lb. of cornflour, 4 eggs, 6 oz. butter, same of castor sugar; separate the yolks of eggs from the whites and beat separately for a 1/4 of an hour, cream the butter and sugar, mix with the yolks, then the whites, and lastly the flour, and whisk all together for 25 minutes, and bake …

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CINNAMON CAKE RECIPE

A recipe for making cinnamon cake – You can use part of the dough for cinnamon cake. Cut the dough into pieces and then roll out three-fourths of an inch thick. Place in pans, stretching and rolling the dough to fit pan. Brush with shortening and then cover with crumbs, made as follows: Six tablespoonfuls …

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CHEAP ORANGE CAKE

2 eggs. 1-1/2 cupfuls sugar. 1 large tablespoonful butter. 1 cup milk. 2 cups flour sifted with 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Juice and grated yellow rind of half an orange. Bake in moderate oven in loaf or layers. If a loaf cake, ice top and sides with the following icing: 1-1/2 cupfuls pulverized sugar, 1 …

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CHEAP BROWN SUGAR CAKE

1 cup brown sugar. I tablespoonful lard. 1 cup cold water. Pinch of salt. 2 cups raisins. 1/2 teaspoonful cloves. 1 teaspoonful cinnamon. Boil all together three minutes, cool, then add 1 teaspoonful of soda and 1/2 teaspoonful of baking powder sifted with 2 cups of flour.

CARAMEL LAYER CAKE

Place one-half cup of sugar in pan over fire. Stir until liquid smokes and burns brown. Add one-half cup of boiling water and cook into syrup. Take one cup butter, one and one-half cups of sugar, yolks of two eggs, over one cup of water and two cups of flour. Beat all thoroughly. Add enough …

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CARAMEL CAKE AND ICING

1-1/2 cups pulverized sugar, 1 cup of butter, 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup of corn starch, 2 teaspoons of baking powder sifted through flour and corn starch, 1 cup of milk, the whites of 4 eggs. Mix like ordinary cake. Bake as a loaf cake. Ice top the following: 1 cup of light brown sugar, …

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CAKE FOR TWO

Place in a mixing bowl Three-quarters cup of white corn syrup, Yolk of one egg, Four tablespoons of water, One cup of sifted flour, Three level teaspoons of baking powder, One level teaspoon of flavoring. Beat to mix thoroughly and then add two tablespoons of melted shortening, folding in carefully. When thoroughly mixed, cut and …

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BUTTERMILK CAKES RECIPE

A recipe for making buttermilk cakes. – 2 lbs. wholemeal flour, 1 pint buttermilk, 1 teaspoonful salt. Mix the meal well with the salt, add the buttermilk and pour on the flour; beat well together, roll it out, cut into cakes, and bake for from 15 to 20 minutes in a quick oven.

BUCKWHEAT CAKES

Scald and then rinse out with cold water a large stone crock. Pour in one cupful of scalded and cooled milk and One and one-half cupfuls of water, 80 degrees Fahrenheit, Two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Crumble in one-half of an yeast cake and stir until dissolved, then add three cupfuls of the prepared buckwheat flour. …

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BLACK NUT CAKE

One cup of brown sugar, Five tablespoons of shortening. Cream well and then add One-half cup of cocoa, Two cups of sifted flour, Four level teaspoons baking powder, One well-beaten egg, One cup of milk, One teaspoon of cinnamon, One teaspoon vanilla, One cup of finely chopped nuts. Peanuts or any other variety selected will …

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BANBURY CAKES

1/2 lb. Pastry. 1 oz. Currants 1 oz. Raisins Half a Lemon Half an Orange. 1 oz. Cake or Bread Crumbs. 1 oz. Sugar. Time–20 Minutes. Stone the raisins and chop them lightly, put them into a basin with the currants cleaned, the sugar, and the cake or bread crumbs. Mix together, grate over the …

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BANANA SHORTCAKE

One-half cup of sugar, Four tablespoons of shortening, One egg. Place in a mixing bowl and then cream well, then add One and one-quarter cups of sifted flour, Three level teaspoons of baking powder, One level teaspoon of vanilla extract, One-half cup of water. Beat to mix and pour into well-greased and floured oblong baking …

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APRICOT SHORTCAKE

One-half cup of sugar, Four tablespoons of shortening, Yolk of one egg. Cream until light and frothy, and then add Four tablespoons of water, One cup of flour, Two level teaspoons of baking powder. Beat to thoroughly mix and then pour into well-greased layer cake pan. Bake for twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Split …

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ANGEL CAKE

Sift One cup of flour, Three-quarters cup of sugar, One level teaspoon of cream tartar. Sift five times and then beat the whites of five eggs stiff and cut, and fold in the sugar and flour mixture. Turn into a greased tube pan and bake for forty minutes in a moderate oven.

ALMOND CAKE OR MANDEL TORTE

No. 1 Take one-half pound of almonds and blanch by pouring boiling water over them, and pound in a mortar or grate on grater (the latter is best). Beat yolks of eight eggs vigorously with one cup of sugar, add one-half lemon, grated peel and juice, one tablespoon of brandy, and four lady-fingers grated, the …

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