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

EXCELLENT WHITE CAKE. MRS. W. C. BUTCHER.

Beat two cups of sugar and three-fourths cup of butter to a cream, and

then add three-fourths cup of water, three heaping cups of flour, the

whites of six eggs beaten to a stiff froth, three teaspoons of baking

powder, and one teaspoon of vanilla. Bake in layer pans, and put

together with frosting.

WHITE LAYER CAKE. MRS. A. C. AULT.

Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, four cups sifted

flour, four teaspoonfuls baking powder, whites of four eggs. Flavor

to taste.

YELLOW LAYER CAKE. MRS. A. C. AULT.

One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup milk,

one and one-half cups flour, one-half cup corn starch, two

teaspoonfuls baking powder, three eggs (separate whites). Flavor to

taste.

BLACKBERRY JAM CAKE. OZELLA SEFFNER.

Two-thirds cup of butter, one full cup of brown sugar, one cup of

blackberry jam, one-half cup of sweet milk, three eggs, two cups of

flour, two teaspoons of baking powder, one teaspoon each of cinnamon

and allspice, one-half teaspoon of cloves, one-quarter cup of chopped

citron, one cup of either walnuts or hickory nuts, vanilla flavoring.

Bake in layers and fill between with either frosting or fig paste.

BLACKBERRY JAM CAKE. MRS. M. S. LEONARD, MRS. EVA L. FLETCHER, GAIL

HAMILTON.

One cup coffee A or light brown sugar, one-half cup butter, two cups

flour, one cup blackberry jam, three eggs, three tablespoons sour

cream, one teaspoon soda, two teaspoons cinnamon, one-half a nutmeg.

Put in the ingredients in the order given. Bake in layers, and finish

with boiled icing.

BLACKBERRY JAM CAKE. MRS. ALICE KRANER.

One cup brown sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup jam, one-half cup

seeded raisins, two cups flour, three eggs, two teaspoons baking

powder, four tablespoons sweet milk, one teaspoonful cinnamon,

one-half nutmeg. Bake like jelly cake, with icing between layers.

GRAPE JAM CAKE. MRS. J. EDD THOMAS.

This may be made like blackberry jam cake, only substituting grape jam

for the blackberry.

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