Ginger Bread

(Mrs. R. Calvin Dobson.)

2 eggs, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup molasses, 1 1/2 cup flour, 1 teaspoon each of ginger and cinnamon, 1 cup boiling water, 1 teaspoon soda.

Hasty Cake

(Schall.)

1 cup of sour cream, 1 cup of sugar, 1 egg, 1 scant teaspoon soda, a little baking powder, flour enough to make a soft batter, i. e., a little more than a cup. This cake may be improved, to taste, by adding spices and raisins.

Martha Washington Cake

This was copied from Martha Washington's own handwritten receipt book, and is baked and served at the D. A. R. luncheons. This recipe was donated by the Almeda, California, Chapter. 2 cups butter, 3 cups granulated sugar, 5 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, 4 cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder (cream of tartar and soda were originally used), 1/2 pound currants, 1/4 pound seeded raisins chopped, handful of citron, cut fine, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Mix as usual, stirring in at the last the fruits well dredged with flour. Bake in a loaf and when cold cover with white icing.

Molasses Cake

1 cup butter or lard, or half of each, 1 cup molasses. Let come to boil. 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons soda, 2 tablespoons cold water, spices to taste. Make as soft as possible.

Jersey Lily Cream Cake

1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, beaten to a cream, whites of 4 eggs, beaten stiff, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 cups flour. Have ready 1 cup chopped raisins or dates, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. Put 1/2 of batter in pan, then layer of raisins and nuts and cover with remainder of batter. Use plain white frosting.

Aunt Jennette Cake

(Mrs. E. A. B.)

1 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup cream, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon allspice, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 gill wine, 1 pound currants, 1 pound raisins, J pound citron, 3 heaping cups flour.

One Egg Cake

(M. F. C.)

1 cup sugar, rounding tablespoon butter, 1 egg beaten light, 1 cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 1/2 cups of Swans-down Flour, 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder. Icing. - 1/4 cup cream or milk, yolk of egg. Mix all together; melt square of chocolate with 1 teaspoonful of butter; add together. Add XXXX sugar to thickness of frosting.

Pound Cake

(L. E. B. Haskin.)

1 pound of butter, 1 pound powdered sugar, 1 pound flour, weigh after sifting, 10 eggs, 1 wine glass brandy, 1 wine glass sherry wine, 1 wine glass good rose water, 1 teaspoonful ground mace, 1/4 of a nutmeg, grated; cream butter and sugar until like a froth. Beat eggs separately. The whites of the eggs, beat on a flat platter, very stiff, and add last. Bake an hour without opening the oven door. Heat in the oven must be steady and not too hot.

Pound Cake

1 cup powdered sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 1/2 cups flour, 5 eggs.

Plain Cake

1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 2 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoonful of vanilla. Add spice or raisins well floured.