A recipe for making coffee cake (kuchen) dough – Soak one-half ounce of yeast in one-half cup of lukewarm milk; when dissolved put in a bowl, or round agate pan, and stir in one cup of sifted flour, one teaspoon of sugar and one-fourth teaspoon of salt, mix thoroughly, and put in a warm place …
A recipe for making coconut layer cake – 2 cups sugar. 1/2 cup butter and lard, mixed. 3 eggs (yolks only). 1 cup milk. 3 cups flour, sifted several times with the 2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar and 1 teaspoonful soda (saleratus). Mix like an ordinary cake.
A recipe for making chocolate coffee cake – Pour a bunt kitchen dough into long, well-buttered tins, and when baked remove from the oven and cover thickly with boiled chocolate icing.
A recipe for making cheesecakes (almond). – 3 oz. of sweet ground almonds, 1/2 oz. bitter ground almonds, 3 oz. castor sugar, 1 egg, 1 dessertspoonful of orange-water. Pound the almonds well together with the orange-water, and the sugar, beat the egg and mix it well with the almonds. Line 8 or 10 little cheesecake …
A recipe for making cheap coffee cake – This German coffee cake is made by kneading into a pint of bread dough one well-beaten egg, one-half cup of sugar, and a generous tablespoon of butter. The mixture is rolled flat, placed in a shallow pan, let rise again until very light, sprinkled with finely chopped …
A recipe for making buttermilk cake. – 2 lbs. wholemeal flour, 2 lbs. currants, 1/2 lb. sugar, 12 oz. butter, 2 oz. candied lemon peel, 1 pint buttermilk. Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar, then the meal, fruit, and milk, mix thoroughly; butter a cake tin, pour in the mixture, and bake …
A recipe for making buckwheat cakes – Dissolve one cake of compressed yeast and two level teaspoons of brown sugar in two cups of lukewarm water and one cup of milk, scalded and cooled; add two cups of buckwheat and one cup of sifted white flour gradually and one and one-half teaspoons of salt. Beat …
A recipe for making baseler loekerlein (honey cakes) – Take half a pound of strained honey, half a pound of sifted powdered sugar, half a pound of almonds (cut in half lengthwise), half a pound of finest flour, one ounce of citron (cut or chopped extremely fine), peel of a lemon, a little grated nutmeg, …
A recipe for making apple sauce cake – This apple sauce cake will be found as delicious and tasty as the rich fruit cake, which is so difficult to prepare, and it is very much less expensive. In a big mixing bowl, beat to a creamy consistency four tablespoons of butter, one egg and one …
A recipe for making apple sauce cake – 1/4 cup butter (generous measure). 1 cup light brown sugar. 1 cup apple sauce (not sweetened). 1 level teaspoonful soda. 2 cups flour. 1 teaspoonful cinnamon. 1/2 teaspoonful cloves. 1 small nutmeg, grated. Pinch of salt. 1 cup raisins. Cream together butter, sugar and spices. Add apple …
A recipe for making apple cream filling for cake. – Beat white of 1 egg very stiff. Add 1 cup of granulated sugar and beat well. Quickly grate one raw apple into the egg and sugar, add the juice of 1/4 lemon and beat 20 minutes, when it will be light and foamy. This icing …
A recipe for making apple cream cake – 2 cups Sugar. 2 tablespoonfuls butter. 1 cup sweet milk. 3 cups flour. 3 eggs. 2 teaspoonfuls Royal baking powder. Add the stiffly beaten whites of eggs last and bake in two layers. Flavor with lemon or vanilla.
A recipe for making apple cake – 6 oz. each of fine wheatmeal and white flour, 4-1/2 oz. of butter, 1 egg, a little cold water, 1-1/2 lbs. of apples, 1 heaped-up teaspoonful of cinnamon, and 3 oz. of castor sugar. Rub the butter into the meal and flour, beat up the egg and add …
A recipe for making angel food layer cake – 1 cup and 2 tablespoonfuls granulated sugar. 1-1\2 cups flour. 1 cup and 2 tablespoonfuls scalded milk. 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Pinch of salt. Whites of 2 eggs. Place milk in top part of double boiler and heat to boiling point. Sift dry ingredients together four …
A recipe for making angel cake – 11 eggs (whites only). 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar (sifted 3 times). 1 cup flour (sifted 5 times). 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar. 1 teaspoonful vanilla. Place white of eggs in a large bowl and beat about half as stiff as you wish them to be when finished beating. …
A recipe for making an inexpensive fruit cake – One cup of syrup, One-half cup of brown sugar, One-half cup of shortening, One egg. Cream well and then add Three cups of flour, One-half cup of cocoa, Three level tablespoons of baking powder, One cup of black coffee, One level tablespoon of cinnamon, One teaspoon …
A recipe for making almond cake – One pound of almonds, pounded; one pound of sugar, one or two eggs and enough cinnamon to give a strong flavor. Bake in a shallow pan and cut into small sections.
A recipe for making quick coffee cake – Cream one-half cup of butter with one cup of sugar, add three eggs, one and one-half cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking-powder, mixed with the flour, and one-half cup of milk. Mix well together; bake in a long bread or cake pan, and have on top …
A recipe for making potato cakes – Cook three large potatoes and then peel and mash fine. Measure and place two cups of mashed potatoes in a mixing bowl and add Two cups of flour, One teaspoon of salt, Four teaspoons of baking powder, One egg, Four tablespoons of milk. Mix to a smooth dough …
A recipe for making potato cake – Cream two-thirds cup of butter with two cups of granulated sugar; add one-half cup of milk, yolks of four eggs, one cup of hot mashed potatoes, one cup of chocolate, one teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, one teaspoon of vanilla, one cup of chopped walnuts, two …