3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 cup butter.

Rub all together like pie crust. Reserve about 3/4 cup of this and to remainder add:

2 well beaten eggs.

1 teaspoon soda.

1 teaspoon cinnamon.

1 cup sour milk.

2 teaspoons molasses 1/2 teaspoon cloves.

1/2 teaspoon salt.

Put in cake tin and sprinkle the 3/4 cup of crumbs on top and bake slowly. Do not frost.

Josephine Compton, Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Michigan.

Crumb Cake

1 cup sugar.

1/2 teaspoon allspice.

1 lemon rind.

1 large spoon molasses.

1 teaspoon soda.

1/2 cup butter and lard.

1 teaspoon cinnamon.

2 eggs beaten separately.

1 cup sour milk.

2 cups flour.

1 cup raisins dredged with flour.

Bake in two layers twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven, Sprin-kle one-half cup crumbs on top of one layer before it is baked.