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

teaspoonfuls baking powder.

FILLING.--One cup sugar, two teaspoonfuls butter, two eggs, and the

grated rind and juice of two lemons; mix all together, and boil to

consistency of jelly. Spread between layers, and dust powdered sugar

on top.

ICE-CREAM CAKE. MRS. C. H.

One cup butter rubbed with two cups white sugar to a cream, one cup

sweet milk, three and one-half cups flour, three level teaspoons

baking powder, and whites of eight eggs. Bake in jelly tins, and put

together with boiled icing flavored with orange.

ROLL JELLY CAKE. GAIL HAMILTON.

Four eggs (yolks and whites beaten separately), one and one-half cups

sugar, one and one-half cups flour, two tablespoonfuls water, one-half

teaspoonful baking powder mixed with the flour. Bake in dripping pan;

spread with jelly, and roll.

LEMON JELLY CAKE. IVA FISH.

Yolks of three eggs, and one cup of sugar, well beaten; one cup of

flour, one heaped teaspoon of baking powder; about one-half cup of

water, a little salt, whites of three eggs, well beaten.

JELLY.--Juice and grated rind of one lemon, one cup of sugar, one egg,

one cup of water, one tablespoon of corn starch dissolved in part of

the water. Put all together, and boil in a pail of water until it

thickens.

FIG CAKE. MRS. C. C. CAMPBELL.

Whites of six eggs, two cups white sugar, one cup butter, one cup

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

FILLING.--One pound cut figs, one pint cream, whipped and sweetened.

Put a layer of fig; then one of cream.

NEAPOLITAN CAKE. MRS. A. C. AULT.

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

molasses; one-half cup strong coffee, two eggs, two and one-half cups

flour, one cup raisins, one teaspoon each of soda, cinnamon, and

cloves, one and one-half teaspoons mace.

WHITE PART.--Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup sweet milk,

two cups flour, one cup corn starch, white of two eggs, one teaspoon

baking powder.

MAPLE CAKE. MRS. C. C. CAMPBELL.

One cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls butter, two eggs (leaving out the

white of one), three-fourths cup cold water, two and one-half cups

flour, three teaspoonfuls baking powder.

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