Mary's Orange Cake

One cup sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup cold water or milk, two even cups sifted flour, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda, three eggs. Use the whites of two for frosting. Juice and pulp of one orange. Bake in three jelly tins. Make a tilling of the whites of the two eggs, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, and the grated peel of the orange. Spread each layer with this frosting. Very fine.

Pearl Cake

One cup sugar, one cup flour, one-half cup cornstarch, one-half cup sweet milk, two tablespoons butter, one-half teaspoon cream-tartar, one-fourth teaspoon soda, whites of three eggs, flavor.

Cornstarch Cake

Whites of five eggs, one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one cup corn starch, two cups of flour, teaspoon cream-tartar, one-half teaspoon soda.

Orange Jelly Cake

One-third cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one-fourth cup sweet milk one and a half cups flour. Whites of five eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Grate the peel of one orange. Bake in four jelly tins.

Filling

Take the white of one egg, beat until stiff, mix with pulverized sugar and juice of one orange.

Cocoanut Cake

One cup butter, three cups sugar, four cups flour, four eggs, two teaspoons cream tartar, one teaspoon soda, one cup sweet milk, one grated cocoanut.

Cream Cake

Two cups sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of milk, four eggs, two and a half cups of flour, two heaping teaspoons baking powder.

Cream

One pint of milk, boiling hot, one egg, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of flour mixed smooth with a little cold milk, a little salt, and stir into the boiling milk. Stir well until it thickens. When cool flavor and spread between the layers.

Chocolate Cake

Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups of flour, four eggs, reserving the whites of two for frosting, two teaspoons baking powder,. Bake in layers.

Filling And Frosting

One cup of sugar boiled in two tablespoons of water till it blisters, stir in the whites of two eggs beaten, three tablespoons of grated (unsweetened) chocolate, and one teaspoon of vanilla. Place between layers and over top and sides of cake.

Cookies

Two cups sugar, one cup butter, two eggs, a pinch of soda in two tablespoons of water (hot). Rub butter and sugar well together; add eggs and other ingredients; add flour to roll very thin; bake quickly.

Sand Tarts

One cup of butter, one cup sugar, one-half cup of sour milk, one egg, one-half teaspoon of soda. Leave out the white of the egg, beat and just before baking brush over the cakes, and sprinkle a little sugar on top. Flour to roll out thin.

Wedding Cake

Three cups sugar, two cups butter, one cup milk, four cups flour, five eggs, three teaspoons yeast powder. Mix as usual and stir in at the last, one-half pound currants well washed and dredged, one-half pound raisins seeded, chopped fine and floured, a handful of citron sliced fine, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, about a tablespoon of each. Bake in a slow, steady oven two hours.