Ebook - Recipes Tried And True (1894 Cookbook).txt

SPONGE CAKE. MRS. P. O. SHARPLESS.

Four eggs, one and a third cups of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of

water, and two cups of flour, through which has been sifted two small

teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with lemon extract.

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SPONGE CAKE. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.

One cup of sugar, one cup of flour, three eggs. Beat altogether

fifteen minutes; add one-half cup of milk, and one teaspoonful of

baking powder.

LEMON CAKE. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.

Three cups of powdered sugar, and one cup of butter rubbed to a cream.

Stir in the yolks of five well-beaten eggs. Dissolve one teaspoon of

salaratus in a teacup of milk; add this, and then the juice and grated

rind of one lemon, and the whites of the eggs. Sift in as lightly as

possible four teacups of flour, and put in pan. Bake about one-half

hour.

MARBLE CAKE. MRS. C. H. WILLIAMS AND MRS. ELIZABETH McCURDY.

LIGHT PART.--One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter,

one-half cup sweet milk, one-half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cream

tartar, whites of four eggs, two and one-half cups flour.

DARK PART.--One cup brown sugar, one cup molasses, one-half cup

butter, one half cup milk, one-half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cream

tartar, two and one-half cups flour, yolks of four eggs, one-half

tablespoon each of ground cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

When both parts are ready, drop a spoon of light and then one of dark

in the pan.

POUND CAKE. MRS. U. F. SEFFNER.

One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of flour (sifted),

ten eggs (beaten separately), one-half teacup of rose water, one

nutmeg (grated), one pound of citron. Wash the citron; chop it fine.

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the rose water and nutmeg,

then the yolks of eggs, and part of the flour; then the whites of eggs

and remainder of the flour; lastly, the fruit, lightly floured. Bake

in a moderate oven about two or two and one-half hours. Line the pan

with white paper.

HICKORY NUT CAKE. MRS. C. C. CAMPBELL.

One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, three-fourths cup

sweet milk, three cups flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, two

eggs, one cup hickory nut meats.

MOTHER'S OLD-FASHIONED CAKE. MRS. O. W. WEEKS.

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