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This chapter is the CAKES


*Chapter XXXI.
CAKE*.

THE mixing and baking of cake requires more care and judgment than any 
other branch of cookery; notwithstanding, it seems the one most 
frequently attempted by the inexperienced.      /1/
Two kinds of cake mixtures are considered:---   /2/
I. Without butter. Example: Sponge Cakes.       /3/
II. With butter. Examples: Cup and Pound Cakes.         /4/
In cake making (1) the best ingredients are essential; (2) great care 
must be taken in measuring and combining ingredients; (3) pans must be 
properly prepared; (4) oven heat must be regulated, and cake watched 
during baking.  /5/
Best tub butter, fine granulated sugar, fresh eggs, and pastry flour are 
essentials for good cake. Coarse granulated sugar, bought by so many, if 
used in cake making, gives a coarse texture and hard crust. Pastry flour 
contains more starch and less gluten than bread flour, therefore makes a 
lighter, more tender cake. If bread flour must be used, allow two 
tablespoons less for each cup than the recipe calls for. Flour differs 
greatly in thickening properties; for this reason it is always well when 
using from a new bag to try a small cake, as the amount of flour given 
may not make the perfect loaf. In winter, cake may be made of less flour 
than in summer.         /6/
Before attempting to mix cake, study How to Measure (p. 25) and How to 
Combine Ingredients (p. 26).    /7/
Look at the fire, and replenish by sprinkling on a small quantity of 
coal if there is not sufficient heat to effect the baking.      /8/
*To Mix Sponge Cake.* Separate yolks from whites of eggs. Beat yolks 
until thick and lemon-colored, using an egg-beater; add sugar gradually, 
and continue beating; then add flavoring. Beat whites until stiff and 
dry,---when they will fly from the beater,---and add to the first 
mixture. Mix and sift flour with salt, and cut and fold in at the last. 
If mixture is beaten after the addition of flour, much of the work 
already done of enclosing a large amount of air will be undone by 
breaking air bubbles. These rules apply to a mixture where baking powder 
is not employed.        /9/
*To Mix Butter Cakes.* An earthen bowl should always be used for mixing 
cake, and a wooden cake-spoon with slits lightens the labor. Measure dry 
ingredients, and mix and sift baking powder and spices, if used, with 
flour. Count out number of eggs required, breaking each separately that 
there may be no loss should a stale egg chance to be found in the 
number, separating yolks from whites if rule so specifies. Measure 
butter, then liquid. Having everything in readiness, the mixing may be 
quickly accomplished. If butter is very hard, by allowing it to stand a 
short time in a warm room it is measured and creamed much easier. If 
time cannot be allowed for this to be done, warm bowl by pouring in some 
hot water, letting stand one minute, then emptying and wiping dry. Avoid 
overheating bowl, as butter will become oily rather than creamy. Put 
butter in bowl, and cream by working with a wooden spoon until soft and 
of a creamy consistency; then add sugar gradually, and continue beating. 
Add yolks of eggs or whole eggs beaten until light, liquid, and flour 
mixed and sifted with baking powder; or liquid and flour may be added 
alternately. When yolks and whites of eggs are beaten separately, whites 
are usually added at the last, as is the case when whites of eggs alone 
are used. A cake can be made fine-grained only by long beating, although 
light and delicate with a small amount of beating. Never stir cake after 
the final beating, remembering that beating motion should always be the 
last used. Fruit, when added to cake, is usually floured to prevent its 
settling to the bottom. This is not necessary if it is added directly 
after the sugar, which is desirable in all dark cakes. If a light fruit 
cake is made, fruit added in this way discolors the loaf. Citron is 
first cut in thin slices, then in strips, floured, and put in between 
layers of cake mixtures. Raisins are seeded and cut, rather than 
chopped. /To seed raisins,/ wet tips of fingers in a cup of warm water. 
Then break skins with fingers or cut with a vegetable knife; remove 
seeds, and put in cup of water. This is better than covering raisins 
with warm water; if this be done, water clings to fruit, and when 
dredged with flour a pasty mass is formed on the outside. Washed 
currants, put up in packages, are quite free from stems and foreign 
substances, and need only picking over and rolling in flour. Currants 
bought in bulk need thorough cleaning. First roll in flour, which helps 
to start dirt; wash in cold water, drain, and spread to dry; then roll 
again in flour before using.    /10/
*To Butter and Fill Pans* Grease pans with melted fat, applying the same 
with a butter brush. If butter is used, put in a small saucepan and 
place on back of range; when melted, salt will settle to the bottom; 
butter is then called /clarified./ Just before putting in mixture, 
dredge pans thoroughly with flour, invert, and shake pan to remove all 
superfluous flour, leaving only a thin coating which adheres to butter. 
This gives to cake a smooth under surface, which is especially desirable 
if cake is to be frosted. Pans may be lined with paper. If this is done, 
paper should just cover bottom of pan and project over sides. Then ends 
of pan and paper are buttered.  /11/
In filling pans, have the mixture come well to the corners and sides of 
pans, leaving a slight depression in the centre, and when baked the cake 
will be perfectly flat on top. Cake pans should be filled nearly 
two-thirds full if cake is expected to rise to top of pan.      /12/
*To Bake Cake.* The baking of cake is more critical than the mixing. 
Many a well-mixed cake has been spoiled in the baking. No oven 
thermometer has yet proved practical, and although many teachers of 
cookery have given oven tests, experience alone has proved the most 
reliable teacher. In baking cake, divide the time required into 
quarters. During the first quarter the mixture should begin to rise; 
second quarter, continue rising and begin to brown; third quarter, 
continue browning; fourth quarter, finish baking and shrink from pan. If 
oven is too hot, open check and raise back covers, or leave oven door 
ajar. It is sometimes necessary to cover cake with brown paper; there 
is, however, danger of cake adhering to paper. Cake should be often 
looked at during baking, and providing oven door is opened and closed 
carefully, there is no danger of this causing cake to fall. Cake should 
not be moved in oven until it has risen its full height; after this it 
is usually desirable to move it that it may be evenly browned. Cake when 
done shrinks from the pan, and in most cases this is a sufficient test; 
however, in pound cakes this rule does not apply. Pound and rich fruit 
cakes are tested by pressing surface with tip of finger. If cake feels 
firm to touch and follows finger back into place, it is safe to remove 
it from the oven. When baking cake arrange to have nothing else in the 
oven, and place loaf or loaves as near the centre of oven as possible. 
If placed close to fire box, one side of loaf is apt to become burned 
before sufficiently risen to turn. If cake is put in too slow an oven, 
it often rises over sides of pan and is of very coarse texture; if put 
in too hot an oven, it browns on top before sufficiently risen, and in 
its attempt to rise breaks through the crust, thus making an unsightly 
loaf. Cake will also crack on top if too much flour has been used. The 
oven should be kept at as nearly uniform temperature as possible. Small 
and layer cakes require a hotter oven than loaf cakes.  /13/
*To Remove Cake From Pans.* Remove cake from pans as soon as it comes 
from the oven, by inverting pan on a wire cake cooler, or on a board 
covered with a piece of old linen. If cake is inclined to stick, do not 
hurry it from pan, but loosen with knife around edges, and rest pan on 
its four sides successively; thus by its own weight cake may be helped 
out.    /14/
*To Frost Cake.* Where cooked frostings are used, it makes but little 
difference whether they are spread on hot or cold cake. Where uncooked 
frostings are used, it is best to have the cake slightly warm, with the 
exception of Confectioners' Frosting, where boiling water is employed. 
/15/
*Hot Water Sponge Cake <r1537.html>*

Yolks 2 eggs    Whites two eggs
1 cup sugar     1 cup flour
^3 /_8 cup hot water or milk    1^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
^1 /_4 teaspoon lemon extract   ^1 /_4 teaspoon salt

Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add one-half the sugar 
gradually, and continue beating; then add water, remaining sugar, lemon 
extract, whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and flour mixed and sifted 
with baking powder and salt. Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven 
in a buttered and floured shallow pan.  
/16/
*Cheap Sponge Cake <r1538.html>*

Yolks 3 eggs    1^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar     ^1 /_4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon hot water  Whites 3 eggs
1 cup flour     2 teaspoons vinegar

Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, 
and continue beating; then add water, flour mixed and sifted with baking 
powder and salt, whites of eggs beaten until stiff, and vinegar. Bake 
thirty-five minutes in a moderate oven, in a buttered and floured cake 
pan.    
/17/
*Cream Sponge Cake <r1539.html>*

Yolks 4 eggs    Flour
1 cup sugar     1^1 /_4 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons cold water        ^1 /_4 teaspoon salt
1^1 /_2 tablespoons corn-starch         Whites 4 eggs
1 teaspoon lemon extract

Beat yolks of eggs and water until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar 
gradually, and beat two minutes. Put corn-starch in a cup and fill cup 
with flour. Mix and sift corn-starch and flour with baking powder and 
salt, and add to first mixture. When thoroughly mixed add whites of eggs 
beaten until stiff, and flavoring. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate 
oven. This is an excellent mixture to use for whipped cream pies or to 
bake in an angel cake pan.      
/18/
*Petit Four <r1540.html>*

Follow recipe for Cream Sponge Cake. Bake in a shallow pan, cool, and 
shape, using a small round cutter. Split, and remove a small portion of 
cake from the centre of each piece. Fill cavities of one-half the pieces 
with whipped cream sweetened and flavored, cover with remaining pieces, 
and press firmly together. Nuts or glacé fruits cut in pieces may be 
added to cream. Melt fondant, color, and flavor to taste. Dip cakes in 
fondant, decorate tops with pistachio nuts, violets, or glacé cherries, 
and place each in a paper case.         
/19/
*Sponge Cake <r1541.html>*

Yolks 6 eggs    Grated rind one-half lemon
1 cup sugar     Whites 6 eggs
1 tablespoon lemon juice        1 cup flour
^1 /_4 teaspoon salt

Beat yolks until thick and lemon-colored, add sugar gradually, and 
continue beating, using egg-beater. Add lemon juice, rind, and whites of 
eggs beaten until stiff and dry. When whites are partially mixed with 
yolks, remove beater, and carefully cut and fold in flour mixed and 
sifted with salt. Bake one hour in a slow oven, in an angel cake pan or 
deep narrow pan.        
/20/
Genuine sponge cake contains no rising properties, but is made light by 
the quantity of air beaten into both yolks and whites of eggs, and the 
expansion of that air in baking. It requires a slow oven. All so-called 
sponge cakes which have the addition of soda and cream of tartar or 
baking powder require same oven temperature as butter cakes. When 
failures are made in Sunshine and Angel Cake, they are usually traced to 
baking in too slow an oven, and removing from oven before thoroughly 
cooked.         /21/
*Sunshine Cake <r1542.html>*

Whites 10 eggs  1 teaspoon lemon extract
1^1 /_2 cups powdered sugar     1 cup flour
Yolks 6 eggs    1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Beat whites of eggs until stiff and dry, add sugar gradually, and 
continue beating; then add yolks of eggs beaten until thick and 
lemon-colored, and extract. Cut and fold in flour mixed and sifted with 
cream of tartar. Bake fifty minutes in a moderate oven in an angel-cake 
pan.    
/22/
*Mocha Cake <r1543.html>*

To one-half recipe for Sunshine Cake add one-half cup English walnut 
meats broken in pieces. Bake in a mediumsized angel-cake pan; cool, 
split, and fill with whipped cream sweetened and flavored with coffee 
essence. Cover top with Confectioners' Frosting, flavored with coffee 
essence.        
/23/
*Angel Cake <r1544.html>*

Whites 8 eggs   ^3 /_4 cup flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar      ^1 /_4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar     ^3 /_4 teaspoon vanilla

Beat whites of eggs until frothy; add cream of tartar, and continue 
beating until eggs are stiff; then add sugar gradually. Fold in flour 
mixed with salt and sifted four times, and add vanilla. Bake forty-five 
to fifty minutes in an unbuttered angel-cake pan. After cake has risen 
and begins to brown, cover with a buttered paper.       
/24/
*Moonshine Cake <r1545.html>*

Whites 10 eggs  Yolks 7 eggs
^1 /_4 teaspoon salt    1^1 /_2 cups sugar
^7 /_8 teaspoon cream of tartar         1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup pastry flour

Add salt to whites of eggs and beat until light. Sift in cream of tartar 
and beat until stiff. Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon colored 
and add two heaping tablespoons beaten whites. To remaining whites add 
gradually sugar measured after five siftings. Add almond extract and 
combine mixtures. Cut and fold in flour, measured after five siftings. 
Bake in angel-cake pan, first dipped in cold water, in a slow oven one 
hour. Have a pan of hot water in oven during the baking. Cover with     
/25/
*Maraschino Frosting.* Follow recipe for Ice Cream Frosting , adding to 
sugar one-half teaspoon cream of tartar, and flavor with maraschino. 
Sprinkle with almonds blanched, shredded, and baked until delicately 
browned.        /26/
*Lady Fingers <r1546.html>*

Whites 3 eggs   ^1 /_3 cup flour
^1 /_3 cup powdered sugar       ^1 /_8 teaspoon salt
Yolks 2 eggs    ^1 /_4 teaspoon vanilla

Beat whites of eggs until stiff and dry, add sugar gradually, and 
continue beating. Then add yolks of eggs beaten until thick and 
lemon-colored, and flavoring. Cut and fold in flour mixed and sifted 
with salt. Shape four and one-half inches long and one inch wide on a 
tin sheet covered with unbuttered paper, using a pastry bag and tube. 
Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and bake eight minutes in a moderate oven. 
Remove from paper with a knife. Lady Fingers are much used for lining 
moulds that are to be filled with whipped cream mixtures. They are often 
served with frozen desserts, and sometimes put together in pairs with a 
thin coating of whipped cream between, when they are attractive for 
children's parties.     
/27/
*Sponge Drops <r1547.html>*

Drop Lady Finger mixture from tip of spoon on unbuttered paper. Sprinkle 
with powdered sugar, and bake eight minutes in a moderate oven.         
/28/
*Almond Tart <r1548.html>*

4 eggs  ^1 /_2 cup Jordan almonds, blanched and finely chopped
1 cup powdered sugar    
^1 /_3 cup grated chocolate     1 teaspoon baking powder
^3 /_4 cup cracker dust

Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon-colored; add sugar gradually, 
then fold in white of eggs beaten until stiff and dry. Add chocolate, 
almonds, baking powder, and cracker dust. Bake in a round pan. Cool, 
split, and put whipped cream, sweetened and flavored, between and on 
top. Garnish with angelica and candied cherries. This makes a most 
attractive dessert when baked in individual tins. As soon as cool, 
remove centres, and fill with whipped cream, forced through a pastry bag.       
/29/
*Jelly Roll <r1549.html>*

3 eggs  1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar     ^1 /_4 teaspoon salt
^1 /_2 tablespoon milk  1 cup flour
1 tablespoon melted butter

Beat egg until light, add sugar gradually, milk, flour mixed and sifted 
with baking powder and salt, then butter. Line the bottom of a 
dripping-pan with paper; butter paper and sides of pan. Cover bottom of 
pan with mixture, and spread evenly. Bake twelve minutes in a moderate 
oven. Take from oven and turn on a paper sprinkled with powdered sugar. 
Quickly remove paper, and cut off a thin strip from sides and ends of 
cake. Spread with jelly or jam which has been beaten to consistency to 
spread easily, and roll. After cake has been rolled, roll paper around 
cake that it may better keep in shape. The work must be done quickly, or 
cake will crack in rolling.     
/30/
*Election Cake <r1550.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       8 finely chopped figs
1 cup bread dough       1^1 /_4 cups flour
1 egg   ^1 /_2 teaspoon soda
1 cup brown sugar       1 teaspoon cinnamon
^1 /_2 cup sour milk    ^1 /_4 teaspoon clove
^2 /_3 cup raisins seeded, and cut in pieces    ^1 /_4 teaspoon mace

        ^1 /_4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt

Work butter into dough, using the hand. Add egg well beaten, sugar, 
milk, fruit dredged with two tablespoons flour, and flour mixed and 
sifted with remaining ingredients. Put into a well-buttered bread pan, 
cover, and let rise one and one-fourth hours. Bake one hour in a slow 
oven. Cover with Boiled Milk Frosting.  
/31/
*One Egg Cake <r1551.html>*

^1 /_4 cup of butter    ^1 /_2 cup milk
^1 /_2 cup sugar        1^1 /_2 cups flour
1 egg   2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and egg well beaten. Mix and sift 
flour and baking powder, add alternately with milk to first mixture. 
Bake thirty minutes in a shallow pan. Spread with Chocolate Frosting.   
/32/
*Chocolate Cake I <r1552.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       1^1 /_2 cups flour
1 cup sugar     2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
2 small eggs    2 ozs. chocolate, melted
^1 /_2 cup milk         ^1 /_2 teaspoon vanilla

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and yolks of eggs well beaten, 
then whites of eggs beaten until stiff. Add milk, flour mixed and sifted 
with baking powder, and beat thoroughly. Then add chocolate and vanilla. 
Bake forty minutes in a shallow cake pan.       
/33/
*Chocolate Cake II <r1553.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       ^1 /_4 teaspoon soda
1^1 /_2 cups sugar      ^3 /_4 teaspoon cream of tartar
^1 /_2 cup milk         Whites 5 eggs
2^1 /_4 cups flour      2 squares unsweetened chocolate, grated

Cream the butter; add sugar gradually, milk, and flour mixed and sifted 
with soda and cream of tartar. Beat whites of eggs, and add to first 
mixture; then add chocolate, and beat thoroughly. Bake forty-five 
minutes in a moderate oven.     
/34/
*Chocolate Marshmallow Cake <r1554.html>*

Follow recipe for Chocolate Cake II. As soon as cake is removed from 
pan, cover bottom with marshmallows pulled apart with tips of fingers, 
but not quite separated into halves. The exposed soft surface will 
quickly adhere to hot cake. Pour over Chocolate Fudge Frosting.         
/35/
*Chocolate Nougat Cake <r1555.html>*

^1 /_4 cup butter       3 teaspoons baking powder
1^1 /_2 cups powdered sugar     ^1 /_2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg   2 squares chocolate, melted
1 cup milk      ^1 /_3 cup powdered sugar
2 cups bread flour      ^2 /_3 cup almonds, blanched and shredded

Cream the butter, add gradually one and one-half cups sugar, and egg 
unbeaten; when well mixed, add two-thirds milk, flour mixed and sifted 
with baking powder, and vanilla. To melted chocolate add one-third cup 
powdered sugar, place on range, add gradually remaining milk, and cook 
until smooth. Cool slightly, and add to cake mixture. Bake fifteen to 
twenty minutes in round layer cake pans. Put between layers and on top 
of cake White Mountain Cream sprinkled with almonds.    
/36/
*Chocolate Dominoes <r1556.html>*

^1 /_2 cup pecan nut meat       ^1 /_2 cup dates
^1 /_2 cup English walnut meat  Grated rind 1 orange
^1 /_2 cup figs         1 tablespoon orange juice
1 square chocolate, melted

Mix nut meats, figs, and dates, and force through a meat chopper, or 
chop finely. Add remaining ingredients, toss on a board sprinkled with 
powdered sugar, and roll to one-third inch in thickness. Cut in domino 
shapes, spread thinly with melted unsweetened chocolate, and decorate 
with small pieces blanched almonds to imitate dominoes.         
/37/
*Cream Pie I <r1557.html>*

^1 /_3 cup butter       ^1 /_2 cup milk
1 cup sugar     1^3 /_4 cups flour
2 eggs  ^1 /_2 teaspoon salt
2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder

Mix as one Egg Cake. Bake in round layer cake pans. Put Cream Filling 
between layers and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.    
/38/
*Cream Pie II <r1558.html>*

Make as Cream Pie I, using French Cream Filling in place of Cream Filling.      
/39/
*Cocoanut Pie <r1559.html>*

Mix and bake same as Cream Pie. Put Cocoanut Filling between layers and 
on top.         
/40/
*Washington Pie <r1560.html>*

Mix and bake same as Cream Pie. Put raspberry jam or jelly between 
layers and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.    
/41/
*Chocolate Pie <r1561.html>*

2 tablespoons butter    ^1 /_2 cup milk
^3 /_4 cup sugar        1^1 /_3 cups flour
1 egg   2 teaspoons baking powder

Mix and bake same as Cream Pie. Split layers, and spread between and on 
top of each a thin layer of Chocolate Frosting.         
/42/
*Orange Cake <r1562.html>*

^1 /_4 cup butter       ^1 /_2 cup milk
1 cup sugar     1^2 /_3 cups flour
2 eggs  2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs well beaten, and milk. Then 
add flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. Bake in a thin sheet in a 
dripping-pan. Cut in halves, spread one-half with Orange Filling. Put 
over other half, and cover with Orange Frosting.        
/43/
*Quick Cake <r1563.html>*

^1 /_3 cup soft butter  1^3 /_4 cups flour
1^1 /_3 cups brown sugar        3 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs  ^1 /_2 teaspoon cinnamon
^1 /_2 cup milk         ^1 /_2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
^1 /_2 lb. dates, stoned and cut in pieces

Put ingredients in a bowl and beat all together for three minutes, using 
a wooden cake spoon. Bake in a buttered and floured cake pan thirty-five 
to forty minutes. If directions are followed this makes a most 
satisfactory cake; but if ingredients are added separately it will not 
prove a success.        
/44/
*Boston Favorite Cake <r1564.html>*

^2 /_3 cup butter       1 cup milk
2 cups sugar    3^1 /_2 cups flour
4 eggs  ^1 /_2 teaspoon salt
5 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs beaten until light, then 
milk and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. This recipe makes 
two loaves, or one-half the mixture may be baked in individual tins.    
/45/
*Cream Cake <r1565.html>*

2 eggs  2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar     ^1 /_2 teaspoon salt
^2 /_3 cup thin cream   ^1 /_2 teaspoon cinnamon
1^2 /_3 cups flour      ^1 /_4 teaspoon mace
^1 /_4 teaspoon ginger

Put unbeaten eggs in a bowl, add sugar and cream, and beat vigorously. 
Mix and sift remaining ingredients, then add to first mixture. Bake 
thirty minutes in a shallow cake pan.   
/46/
*Currant Cake <r1566.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       ^1 /_2 cup milk
1 cup sugar     2 cups flour
2 eggs  3 teaspoons baking powder
Yolk 1 egg      1 cup currants mixed with
1 tablespoon flour

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and eggs and egg yolk well 
beaten. Then add milk, flour mixed and sifted with baking powder, and 
currants. Bake forty minutes in buttered and floured cake pan.  
/47/
*Citron Cake <r1567.html>*

^1 /_4 lb. butter       ^1 /_2 lb. flour
^1 /_2 lb. sugar        1 tablespoon brandy
3 eggs  1 cup citron, thinly sliced, then cut in strips
^1 /_2 cup milk         
1^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, yolks of eggs well beaten, milk, 
and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. Beat whites of eggs until 
stiff, and add to first mixture, then add brandy and citron. Bake in a 
moderate oven one hour.         
/48/
*Velvet Cake <r1568.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       1^1 /_2 cups flour
1^1 /_2 cups sugar      ^1 /_2 cup corn-starch
Yolks 4 eggs    4 teaspoons baking powder
^1 /_2 cup cold water   Whites 4 eggs
^1 /_3 cup almonds, blanched, and shredded

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, yolks of eggs well beaten, and 
water. Mix and sift flour, corn-starch, and baking powder, and add to 
first mixture; then add whites of eggs beaten until stiff. After putting 
in pan, cover with almonds and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake forty 
minutes in a moderate oven.     
/49/
*Walnut Cake <r1569.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       1^3 /_4 cups flour
1 cup sugar     2^3 /_4 teaspoons baking powder
Yolks 3 eggs    Whites 2 eggs
^1 /_2 cup milk         ^3 /_4 cup walnut meat, broken in pieces
^1 /_2 teaspoon salt    

Mix ingredients in order given. Bake forty-five minutes in a moderate 
oven. Cover with White Mountain Cream, crease in squares, and put 
one-half walnut on each square.         
/50/
*Spanish Cake <r1570.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       1^3 /_4 cups flour
1 cup sugar     3 teaspoons baking powder
Yolks 2 eggs    1 teaspoon cinnamon
^1 /_2 cup milk         Whites 2 eggs

Mix ingredients in order given. Bake in shallow tins and spread between 
and on top Caramel Frosting.    
/51/
*Cup Cakes <r1571.html>*

^2 /_3 cup butter       1 cup milk
2 cups sugar    3^1 /_4 cups flour
4 eggs  4 teaspoons baking powder
^1 /_4 teaspoon mace

Put butter and sugar in a bowl, and stir until well mixed; add eggs well 
beaten, then milk, and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and 
mace. Bake in individual tins. Cover with Chocolate Frosting.   
/52/
*Cinnamon Cakes <r1572.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       ^1 /_2 cup milk
1 cup sugar     1^1 /_4 cups flour
2 eggs  2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Mix ingredients in the order given, and bake in individual buttered cake 
tins.   
/53/
*Almond Cakes <r1573.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       2 eggs
^3 /_4 cup sugar        1^1 /_3 cups flour
^1 /_3 cup milk         2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup Jordan almonds, blanched and cut in pieces

Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in individual cake pans.       
/54/
*Brownies <r1574.html>*

^1 /_3 cup butter       1 egg, well beaten
^1 /_3 cup powdered sugar       ^7 /_8 cup bread flour
^1 /_3 cup Porto Rico molasses  1 cup pecan meat, cut in pieces

Mix ingredients in order given. Bake in small shallow fancy cake tins, 
garnishing top of each cake with one half pecan.        
/55/
*Chocolate Sponge <r1575.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       1 teaspoon cinnamon
^1 /_4 cup prepared powdered cocoa      ^1 /_4 teaspoon clove
3 eggs  ^1 /_2 cup cold water
1 cup sugar     1 cup flour
3 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter; add cocoa, yolks of eggs well beaten, sugar mixed with 
cinnamon and clove, and water. Beat the whites of eggs, and add to first 
mixture alternately with flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. Bake 
in small tins from fifteen to twenty minutes.   
/56/
*Devil's Food Cake I <r1576.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       5 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups sugar    Whites 4 eggs
Yolks 4 eggs    4 squares chocolate
1 cup milk      ^1 /_2 teaspoon vanilla
2^2 /_3 cups flour      ^1 /_2 teaspoon salt

Cream the butter, and add gradually one-half the sugar. Beat yolks of 
eggs until thick and lemon-colored, and add gradually remaining sugar. 
Combine mixtures, and add alternately milk and flour mixed and sifted 
with baking powder and salt; then add whites of eggs beaten stiff, 
chocolate melted, and vanilla. Bake forty-five to fifty minutes in an 
angel cake pan. Cover with White Mountain Cream .       
/57/
*Devil's Food Cake II <r1577.html>*

4 squares unsweetened chocolate         ^1 /_2 cup sugar
^1 /_2 cup sugar        ^1 /_4 cup sour milk
^1 /_2 cup sweet milk   1 egg
Yolk 1 egg      1^1 /_8 cups flour
^1 /_4 cup butter       ^1 /_2 teaspoon soda
^1 /_2 teaspoon vanilla

Melt chocolate over hot water, add one-half cup sugar, and gradually 
sweet milk; then add yolk of egg, and cook until mixture thickens. Set 
aside to cool. Cream the butter, add gradually one-half cup sugar, egg 
well beaten, sour milk, and flour mixed and sifted with soda. Combine 
mixtures and add vanilla. Bake in shallow cake pans, and put between and 
on top boiled frosting. Add to filling one-fourth cup raisins seeded and 
cut in pieces, if desired.      
/58/
*Chocolate Vienna Cake <r1578.html>*

^3 /_4 cup butter       1^1 /_2 cups flour
^7 /_8 cup sugar        3 teaspoons baking powder
Yolks 5 eggs    Whites 5 eggs
4 squares unsweetened chocolate         Apricot or Orange Marmalade

Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in small tins. Remove from 
tins, cool, take out a small portion of cake from the centre of each, 
and fill cavity with marmalade. Cover tops of cake with Marshmallow 
Frosting or Chocolate Frosting IV.      
/59/
*Chocolate Fruit Cake <r1579.html>*

^1 /_3 cup butter       ^1 /_4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar     ^1 /_3 cup candied cherries
^1 /_4 cup breakfast cocoa      ^1 /_3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
Yolks 3 eggs    
^1 /_2 cup cold water   1^1 /_2 tablespoons brandy
1^1 /_4 cups bread flour        ^1 /_3 cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
3 teaspoons baking powder       Whites 3 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon     1 teaspoon vanilla

Cover fruit with brandy and let stand several hours. Mix ingredients in 
order given, and bake in deep cake pan fifty minutes. Cover with White 
Mountain Cream, and as soon as frosting is set, spread as thinly as 
possible with melted chocolate.         
/60/
*Ribbon Cake <r1580.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       ^1 /_2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar    ^1 /_4 teaspoon mace
Yolks 4 eggs    ^1 /_4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup milk      ^1 /_3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
3^1 /_2 cups flour      
5 teaspoons baking powder       ^1 /_3 cup figs, finely chopped
Whites 4 eggs   1 tablespoon molasses

Mix first seven ingredients in order given. Bake two-thirds of the 
mixture in two layer-cake pans. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and 
molasses, and bake in a layer-cake pan. Put layers together with jelly 
(apple usually being preferred, as it has less flavor), having the dark 
layer in the centre.    
/61/
*Golden Spice Cake <r1581.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       2^1 /_4 cups flour
^1 /_2 cup brown sugar  1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg   ^1 /_2 teaspoon soda
Yolks 4 eggs    ^1 /_2 teaspoon clove
^1 /_2 cup molasses     ^1 /_4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
^1 /_2 cup milk         Few grains cayenne
Few gratings lemon rind

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg and yolks of eggs well 
beaten, molasses, milk, flour, mixed and sifted with spices, cayenne, 
and lemon rind. Bake in a moderate oven one hour, and cover with White 
Mountain Cream .        
/62/
*Walnut Mocha Cake <r1582.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       1^3 /_4 cups flour
1 cup sugar     2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
^1 /_2 cup coffee infusion      Whites 3 eggs
^3 /_4 cup walnut meats, broken in pieces

Follow directions for mixing butter cake mixtures. Cover with 
Confectioners' Frosting, using cream, and flavoring with vanilla.       
/63/
*Birthday Cake <r1583.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       2 tablespoons Sherry
1^1 /_4 cups brown sugar        ^1 /_2 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
Yolks 2 eggs    
^2 /_3 cup milk         ^1 /_2 cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
2^1 /_4 cups flour      
3^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder         ^1 /_3 cup currants
1 teaspoon orange extract       2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut
1 teaspoon vanilla      
Whites 2 eggs

Follow directions for making butter-cake mixtures. Bake in a buttered 
and floured angel-cake pan in a slow oven one and one-quarter hours. 
Cover with Ornamental Frosting .        
/64/
*Rich Coffee Cake <r1584.html>*

1 cup butter    ^1 /_2 teaspoon clove
2 cups sugar    ^1 /_2 teaspoon mace
4 eggs  ^1 /_2 teaspoon allspice
2 tablespoons molasses  ^3 /_4 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
1 cup cold boiled coffee        
3^3 /_4 cups flour      ^3 /_4 cup currants
5 teaspoons baking powder       ^1 /_4 cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in 
strips
1 teaspoon cinnamon     
2 tablespoons brandy

Follow directions for making butter-cake mixtures. Bake in deep cake pans.      
/65/
*Nut Spice Cake <r1585.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       ^1 /_2 teaspoon clove
1 cup brown sugar       ^1 /_4 nutmeg, grated
^1 /_2 cup molasses     1 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
Yolks 4 eggs    
1 cup sour milk         ^1 /_2 cup currants
2^1 /_2 cups flour      ^1 /_2 cup English walnut meats, cut in pieces
1 teaspoon soda         
1 teaspoon cinnamon     1^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder

Mix ingredients in the order given. This recipe makes two loaves.       
/66/
*Dark Fruit Cake <r1586.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       2 eggs
^3 /_4 cup brown sugar  ^1 /_2 cup milk
^3 /_4 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces    2 cups flour

        ^1 /_2 teaspoon soda
^3 /_4 cup currants     1 teaspoon cinnamon
^1 /_2 cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips      ^1 /_2 teaspoon 
allspice

        ^1 /_2 teaspoon mace
^1 /_2 cup molasses     ^1 /_4 teaspoon clove
^1 /_2 teaspoon lemon extract

Follow directions for mixing butter cake mixtures. Bake in deep cake 
pans one and one-quarter hours.         
/67/
*Nut Cakes <r1587.html>*

Meat from 1 lb. pecans  ^1 /_4 cup flour
1 lb. powdered sugar    Whites 6 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Pound nut meat and mix with sugar and flour. Beat whites of eggs until 
stiff, add first mixture and vanilla. Drop from tip of tablespoon 
(allowing one spoonful for each cake) on a tin sheet covered with 
buttered paper. Bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven.         
/68/
*Snow Cake <r1588.html>*

^1 /_4 cup butter       2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar     Whites 2 eggs
^1 /_2 cup milk         ^1 /_2 teaspoon vanilla or
1^2 /_3 cups flour      ^1 /_4 teaspoon almond extract

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes. Bake forty-five minutes in a deep 
narrow pan.     
/69/
*Lily Cake <r1589.html>*

^1 /_3 cup butter       2^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar     Whites 3 eggs
^1 /_2 cup milk         ^1 /_3 teaspoon lemon extract
1^3 /_4 cups flour      ^2 /_3 teaspoon vanilla

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes.  
/70/
*Corn-starch Cake <r1590.html>*

1 cup butter    4^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups sugar    Whites 5 eggs
1 cup milk      ^3 /_4 teaspoon vanilla or
1 cup corn-starch       ^1 /_2 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups flour    

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes. This mixture makes two loaves.   
/71/
*Prune Almond Cake <r1591.html>*

Bake one-half Corn-starch Cake mixture in a dripping-pan. Cut in two 
crosswise, spread between layers Prune Almond Filling, and cover top 
with White Mountain Cream.      
/72/
*Prune Almond Filling.* To one-half the recipe for White Mountain Cream 
add eight soft prunes stoned and cut in pieces, and one-fourth cup 
almonds blanched and cut in pieces.     /73/
*Marshmallow Cake <r1592.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       3 teaspoons baking powder
1^1 /_2 cups sugar      ^1 /_4 teaspoon cream of tartar
^1 /_2 cup milk         Whites 5 eggs
2 cups flour    1 teaspoon vanilla

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes. Bake in shallow pans, and put 
Marshmallow Cream between the layers and on the top.    
/74/
*Fig Eclair <r1593.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter (scant)       1^7 /_8 cups flour
1 cup sugar     3 teaspoons baking powder
^1 /_2 cup milk         Whites 4 eggs
^1 /_2 teaspoon vanilla

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes. Bake in shallow pans, put between 
layers Fig Filling, and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.       
/75/
*Banana Cake <r1594.html>*

Mix and bake Fig Éclair mixture; put between layers White Mountain Cream 
covered with thin slices of banana, and frost the top. This should be 
eaten the day it is made.       
/76/
*Bride's Cake <r1595.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       ^1 /_2 cup milk         3 teaspoons baking powder
1^1 /_2 cups sugar      2^1 /_2 cups flour      ^1 /_4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Whites six eggs         ^1 /_2 teaspoon almond extract

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes. Bake forty-five to fifty minutes 
in deep, narrow pans. Cover with white frosting.        
/77/
*Ice Cream Cake <r1596.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       1 cup milk      4 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups sugar    3 cups flour    Whites 4 eggs
Vanilla

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes. Bake in layers, and put between 
layers and on top Ice Cream Frosting.   
/78/
*Light Fruit Cake <r1597.html>*

To Fig Éclair mixture add one-half cup raisins seeded and cut in pieces, 
two ounces citron thinly sliced and cut in strips, and one-third cup 
walnut meat cut in pieces. In making mixture, reserve one tablespoon 
flour to use for dredging fruit.        
/79/
*White Nut Cake <r1598.html>*

^3 /_4 cup butter       ^1 /_2 cup milk         ^1 /_2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1^1 /_2 cups sugar      2^1 /_2 cups flour      3 teaspoons baking powder
Whites 8 eggs   1 cup walnut meat cut in pieces

Follow recipe for mixing butter cakes. This mixture makes two loaves.   
/80/
*Golden Cake <r1599.html>*

^1 /_4 cup butter       Yolks 5 eggs    ^7 /_8 cup flour
^1 /_2 cup sugar        ^1 /_4 cup milk         1^1 /_2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon orange extract

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and yolks of eggs beaten until 
thick and lemon-colored, and extract. Mix and sift flour and baking 
powder, and add alternately with milk to first mixture. Omit orange 
extract, add one-half cup nut meat cut in small pieces, and bake in 
individual tins.        
/81/
*Mocha Cakes <r1600.html>*

Bake a sponge cake mixture in sheets. Shape in small rounds, and cut in 
three layers. Put layers together with a thin coating of frosting. 
Spread frosting around sides and roll in shredded cocoanut. Ornament top 
with frosting forced through a pastry bag and tube, using the rose tube. 
Begin at centre of top and coil frosting around until surface is 
covered. Garnish centre of top with a candied cherry.   
/82/
*Frosting.* Wash one-third cup butter, add one cup powdered sugar 
gradually, and beat until creamy. Then add one cup Cream Filling which 
has been cooled. Flavor with one-half teaspoon vanilla and one and 
one-half squares melted chocolate.      /83/
This frosting is sometimes colored pink, yellow, green, or lavender, and 
flavored with rose, vanilla, or a combination of almond and vanilla. 
Large Mocha Cakes are baked in two round layer cake tins, each cake 
being cut in two layers. Layers are put together as small cakes. The top 
is spread smoothly with frosting, then ornamented with large pieces of 
candied fruits arranged in a design, and frosting forced through pastry 
bag and tube.   /84/
*Cream Cakes <r1601.html>*

^1 /_2 cup butter       4 eggs
1 cup boiling water     1 cup flour

Pour butter and water in saucepan and place on front of range. As soon 
as boiling-point is reached, add flour all at once, and stir vigorously. 
Remove from fire as soon as mixed, and add unbeaten eggs one at a time, 
beating, until thoroughly mixed, between the addition of eggs. Drop by 
spoonfuls on a buttered sheet, one and one-half inches apart, shaping 
with handle of spoon as nearly circular as possible, having mixture 
slightly piled in centre. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven. With a 
sharp knife make a cut in each large enough to admit of Cream Filling. 
This recipe makes eighteen small cream cakes. For flavoring cream 
filling use lemon extract. If cream cakes are removed from oven before 
being thoroughly cooked, they will fall. If in doubt, take one from 
oven, and if it does not fall, this is sufficient proof that others are 
cooked.         
/85/
*French Cream Cakes <r1602.html>*

Fill Cream Cakes with Cream Sauce I.    
/86/
*French Strawberry Cream Cakes <r1603.html>*

Shape cream cake mixture oblong, making twelves cakes. Split, and fill 
with Strawberry Cream Filling.  
/87/
*Éclairs <r1604.html>*

Shape cream cake mixture four and one-half inches long by one inch wide, 
by forcing through a pastry bag and tube. Bake twenty-five minutes in a 
moderate oven. Split, and fill with vanilla, coffee, or chocolate cream 
filling. Frost with Confectioners' Frosting to which is added one-third 
cup melted Fondant, dipping top of éclairs in frosting while it is hot.         
/88/
*Lemon Queens <r1605.html>*

^1 /_4 lb. butter       Yolks 4 eggs
^1 /_2 lb. sugar        5 ozs. flour
Grated rind 1 lemon     ^1 /_4 teaspoon salt
^3 /_4 tablespoon lemon juice   ^1 /_4 teaspoon soda (scant)
Whites 4 eggs

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and continue beating. Then add 
grated rind, lemon juice, and yolks of eggs beaten until thick and 
lemon-colored. Mix and sift soda, salt, and flour; add to first mixture 
and beat thoroughly. Add whites of eggs beaten stiff. Bake from twenty 
to twenty-five minutes in small tins.   
/89/
*Queen Cake <r1606.html>*

^2 /_3 cup butter       Whites 6 eggs
2 cups flour (scant)    1^1 /_4 cups powdered sugar
^1 /_4 teaspoon soda    1^1 /_2 teaspoons lemon juice

Cream the butter, add flour gradually, mixed and sifted with soda, then 
add lemon juice. Beat whites of eggs until stiff; add sugar gradually, 
and combine the mixtures. Bake fifty minutes in a long shallow pan. 
Cover with Opera Caramel Frosting.      
/90/
*Pound Cake <r1607.html>*

1 lb. butter    Whites 10 eggs
1 lb. sugar     1 lb. flour
Yolks 10 eggs   ^1 /_2 teaspoon mace
2 tablespoons brandy

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and continue beating; then add 
yolks of eggs beaten until thick and lemon-colored, whites of eggs 
beaten until stiff and dry, flour, mace, and brandy. Beat vigorously 
five minutes. Bake in a deep pan one and one-fourth hours in a slow 
oven; or if to be used for fancy ornamented cakes, bake thirty to 
thirty-five minutes in a dripping-pan.  
/91/
*New York Gingerbread <r1608.html>*

1 cup butter (scant)    5 eggs
1^1 /_2 cups flour      1^1 /_2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons yellow ginger     1 teaspoon baking powder

Cream the butter, and add flour gradually, mixed and sifted with ginger. 
Beat the yolks of the eggs until thick and lemon-colored, and add sugar 
gradually. Combine mixtures, add whites of eggs, beaten until stiff, and 
sift over baking powder. Beat thoroughly, turn into a buttered deep cake 
pan, and bake one hour in a moderate oven.      
/92/
*Newport Pound Cake <r1609.html>*

Make same as New York Gingerbread, omitting ginger, and substituting one 
teaspoon vanilla extract.       
/93/
*Christmas Cakes <r1610.html>*

Bake Newport Pound Cake in golden-rod pans, cut in fourths crosswise, 
spread with Ice Cream Frosting, and garnish with green leaves, made from 
ornamental frosting, and round red candies to imitate berries.  
/94/
*Ginger Pound Cakes <r1611.html>*

Cream one-half pound butter and add gradually one-half pound sugar, 
continuing the beating. Add three-fourths pound flour, mixed and sifted 
with two teaspoons baking powder alternately with four eggs beaten until 
thick and lemon-colored; then add one-half pound Canton ginger cut in 
small pieces. Bake in small buttered and floured individual cake pans in 
a slow oven. Cover with White Mountain Cream .  
/95/
*Molasses Pound Cake <r1612.html>*

^2 /_3 cup butter       ^3 /_4 teaspoon soda
^3 /_4 cup sugar        1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs  ^1 /_2 teaspoon allspice
^2 /_3 cup milk         ^1 /_4 teaspoon clove
^2 /_3 cup molasses     ^1 /_4 teaspoon mace
2^1 /_8 cups flour      ^1 /_2 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
^1 /_3 cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs well beaten, and milk and 
molasses. Mix and sift flour with soda and spices, and add to first 
mixture, then add fruit. Bake in small buttered tins from twenty-five to 
thirty minutes in a moderate oven. This recipe makes twenty-four little 
cakes.  
/96/
*English Fruit Cake <r1613.html>*

1 lb. butter    2 tablespoons milk
1 lb. light brown sugar         3 lbs. currants
9 eggs  2 lbs. raisins, seeded and finely chopped
1 lb. flour     
2 teaspoons mace        ^1 /_2 lb. almonds, blanched and shredded
2 teaspoons cinnamon    
1 teaspoon soda         1 lb. citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and beat thoroughly. Separate 
yolks from whites of eggs; beat yolks until thick and lemon-colored, 
whites until stiff and dry, and add to first mixture. Then add milk, 
fruit, nuts, and flour mixed and sifted with mace, cinnamon, and soda. 
Put in buttered deep pans, cover with buttered paper, steam three hours, 
and bake one and one half hours in a slow oven, or bake four hours in a 
very slow oven. Rich fruit cake is always more satisfactory when done if 
the cooking is accomplished by steaming.        
/97/
*Wedding Cake I <r1614.html>*

1 lb. butter    
        ^1 /_2 teaspoon clove
1 lb. sugar     
        3 lbs. raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
12 eggs         
1 lb. flour     
        1 lb. currants
2 teaspoons cinnamon    
        1 lb. citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips
Nutmeg  ^3 /_4 teaspoon each    
Allspice        1 lb. figs, finely chopped
Mace    
        ^1 /_4 cup brandy
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and beat thoroughly. Separate 
yolks from whites of eggs, beat yolks until thick and lemon-colored, 
whites until stiff and dry, and add to first mixture. Add flour 
(excepting one-third cup, which should be reserved to dredge fruit) 
mixed and sifted with spices, brandy, and lemon juice. Then add fruit, 
except citron, dredged with reserved flour. Dredge citron with flour and 
put in layers between cake mixture when putting in the pan. Bake same as 
English Fruit Cake.     
/98/
*Wedding Cake II <r1615.html>*

1 lb. butter    3 lbs. raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
1 lb. brown sugar       
12 eggs         2 lbs. Sultana raisins
1 cup molasses  1^1 /_2 lbs. citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips
1 lb. flour     
4 teaspoons cinnamon    1 lb. currants
4 teaspoons allspice    ^1 /_2 preserved lemon rind
1^1 /_2 teaspoons mace  ^1 /_2 preserved orange rind
1 nutmeg, grated        1 cup brandy
^1 /_4 teaspoon soda    4 squares chocolate, melted
1 tablespoon hot water

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and beat thoroughly. Separate 
yolks from whites of eggs, and beat yolks until thick and lemon-colored. 
Add to first mixture, then add flour (excepting one third cup, which 
should be reserved to dredge fruit), mixed and sifted with spices, fruit 
dredged with flour, lemon rind and orange rind finely chopped, brandy. 
chocolate, and whites of eggs beaten until stiff and dry. Just before 
putting into pans, add soda dissolved in hot water. Cover pans with 
buttered paper, and steam four hours. Finish cooking by leaving in a 
warm oven over night.   
/99/
*Imperial Cake <r1616.html>*

^1 /_2 lb. butter       ^1 /_2 lb. raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
^1 /_2 lb. sugar        
Yolks 5 eggs    ^1 /_2 cup walnut meat, broken in pieces
Whites 5 eggs   
Grated rind ^1 /_2 lemon        ^1 /_2 lb. flour
2 teaspoons lemon juice         ^1 /_4 teaspoon soda

Mix same as Pound Cake, adding raisins dredged with flour, and nuts at 
the last.

-- 



*Ginny Butterfield
Cranberry Twp, PA


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