CAKE

WHITE POUND CAKE

Four ounces of butter, One and one-half cups of sugar. Cream until light and frothy, and then add One cupful of milk, Three and one-half cupfuls of flour, Four teaspoonfuls of baking powder, One teaspoonful of almond extract, One-half teaspoonful of mace. Beat for five minutes to blend and then cut and fold in the …

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WHITE COCONUT CAKE

Cream together 3/4 cup butter and 2 cups sugar. Add whites of 5 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar, 1/2 teaspoonful soda sifted with 3 cups flour and 1 grated coconut. Bake in a loaf.

WHITE CAKE

Cream three-quarters cup of butter and one and one-quarter cups of sugar very well. Stop stirring, pour one-half cup of cold water on top of butter mixture and whites of eight eggs slightly beaten on top of water; do not stir, add one teaspoon of vanilla. Sift two and one-half cups of pastry flour, measure, …

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WAR CAKE OF 1865

Place in a mixing bowl One and one-half cups of molasses, One cup of shortening, One cup of quince or peach preserves, One cup of finely chopped nuts, Three-quarters cup of finely chopped candied orange peel, One-half cup of finely chopped candied lemon peel, Three cups of seeded raisins, One tablespoon of cinnamon, One teaspoon …

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VIENNA PRATER CAKE

Cream the yolks of six eggs with one cup of granulated sugar. Add three-fourths cup of sifted chocolate, three-fourths cup of flour (sifted twice), one and one-half teaspoon of vanilla. Add the beaten whites. Bake thirty minutes. When cold; cut in half and fill with the following: One cup of milk, yolks of two eggs, …

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GERMAN CLOVE CAKE

Place in a stew-pan the following ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar. 1 cup cold water. 2 cups seeded raisins. 1/3 cup sweet lard, or a mixture of lard and butter. 1/4 grated nutmeg. 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon. 1/2 teaspoonful ground cloves. Pinch of salt. Boil all together three minutes. When cold add I teaspoonful of soda …

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TWO LAYERED CAKE RECIPES

A recipe for making two layer cake – Place in bowl One and one-half cups of sugar, Yolks of two eggs. Cream, then add One-half cup of shortening, Cream again, then add Three cups of flour, Two level tablespoons baking powder, One teaspoonful flavoring, One cup of water or milk. Beat just enough to mix, …

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TIPSY CAKE RECIPE

A recipe for making tipsy cake – 12 small sponge cakes, 1/2 lb. jam, 1 pint of custard made with custard powder. Soak the sponge cakes in a little raisin wine, arrange them on a deep glass dish in four layers, spread a little jam on each layer and pour the custard round, decorate the …

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TIP-TOP CAKE

1 lb. granulated sugar. 1 cup butter. 1 cup milk. 4 eggs. 1 lb. chopped raisins. (Citron may be used instead of raisins.) 1/2 a nutmeg, grated. 5 scant cups of flour. 5 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mix together same as ordinary cake and bake in a loaf. A couple of tablespoonfuls of brandy will improve …

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TEA CAKE

1 lb. Flour. 1/2 pint Milk. 2 oz. Butter. 1 Egg. 2 teaspoonsful Baking Powder 1 teaspoonful Sugar. Time–20 Minutes. Rub the butter into the flour, stir in the sugar and baking powder. Beat up the egg and milk, and mix the dry ingredients into a dough with them; divide into two pieces and form …

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SWISS CRUMB CAKE

Place in a mixing bowl Three-quarters cup of brown sugar, Two cups of flour, One teaspoon of salt, Two tablespoons of baking powder, One teaspoon of cinnamon, One teaspoon of ginger, One-half teaspoon of cloves, One-half cup of cocoa. Sift to mix and then rub in One-half cup of shortening and One cup of syrup, …

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SPONGE CAKE

Take eight eggs, one and one-half cups of granulated sugar, one cup of mixed matzoth-meal and potato flour and flavoring to taste. Beat the yolks of the eggs and the sugar together until very light. Then add the flavoring, matzoth-meal and potato flour and last of all the whites of the eggs beaten to a …

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SPONGE CAKE

4 eggs, the weight of 3 in fine wheatmeal, and the weight of 4 in castor sugar, any flavouring to taste. Beat the eggs, sift in the sugar and meal, stirring all the time, add the flavouring, and pour the mixture into one or two greased cake tins, only filling them half full. Bake in …

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SPONGE CAKE ROLY-POLY

3 eggs, the weight of 2 in fine wheatmeal, of 8 in castor sugar, some raspberry and currant jam. Mix the ingredients as directed in “Sponge Cake,” line a large, square, flat baking tin with buttered paper, pour the mixture into it, and bake it in a fairly hot oven from 7 to 12 minutes, …

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SPONGE CAKE ONE EGG RECIPE

A recipe for making sponge cake one egg – Place in mixing bowl One-half cup sugar, Yolk of one egg, One tablespoon butter. Cream well, then add Three tablespoons water, Two-thirds cup of flour, One teaspoon baking powder, Pinch salt. Beat to mix, then fold in the stiffly beaten white of one egg; bake in …

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SPICE CAKE

This spice cake is economical, easy to make and delicious.  Cream one cup of brown sugar and one-half cup of butter (or a little less of any butter substitute). Add one-half teaspoon of ground cloves and ground cinnamon, one cup of sour milk; one teaspoon of baking-soda, two cups of flour and one cup of …

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SODA CAKE RECIPE

A recipe for making soda cake – 1 lb. Flour. 1/2 lb. Currants. 1/2 lb. Sugar. 6 oz. Dripping 1 1/2 teaspoonsful Carbonate of Soda 1/2 pint Milk. Time–Two Hours. Rub the dripping and the flour together; clean and stir in the currants and sugar. Stir in the soda and mix into a dough with …

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