Almond Cakes

(Mrs. Daniel Cobb.)

1/2 pound powdered sugar, whites of 3 eggs well beaten, juice of 1/2 lemon; stir for 30 minutes. . Mix with A pound almonds that have been blanched, and also add rind of 1/2 lemon grated. Bake in moderate oven and cut in lengthwise strips. Delicious to serve with afternoon tea.

Blueberry Cake

(Mrs. C. B. Richards.)

1 small cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, yolks of 2 eggs beaten to a cream, 1 1/2 cups of sweet milk, flour enough for cake batter. 3 teaspoons baking powder. Add whites of 2 eggs, beaten stiff. Dredge 1 quart of blueberries and stir into mixture just before baking. Bake quickly.

Brown Cake

(Mrs. H. B. Clarke.)

1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder. Custard part. - 2 squares Baker's chocolate, yolk 1 egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 cup milk. Boil until thick, allow to cool and stir into cake part. Bake in 2 layers. Filling. - 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup confectioner's sugar, cream together and flavor with small glass Jamaica rum.

Chocolate Cake

(E. M. S.)

1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup chocolate, yolk 1 egg, just a little water; cook to a jelly. 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1/4 of a cake of chocolate grated, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoonful of vanilla; then add the first part of cooked chocolate. Be sure and have it cold. This is a good sized loaf cake.

Cup Cake

(Mrs. H. W. Boyd.)

1 cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 4 eggs, I cup of milk, vanilla or lemon. Sift the-baking powder in the flour. Flavor.

Black Chocolate Cake

1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 2 cups sifted flour, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda. Shave 1/2 cake chocolate and mix with 1/2 cup milk and 1 cup sugar. Boil until smooth. Flavor with vanilla, cool, mix and bake in a slow oven.

Delicate Cake

(J. E. B. Haskin.)

2 cups powdered sugar, 3/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 1 teaspoon cream tartar, 1/2 teaspoon soda, whites of 5 eggs, 2 cups flour, 1 cup cornstarch. Put soda in the milk and cream tartar in the flour.

Dried Apple Cake

(Mrs. Frank Lincoln Wean.)

2 cups dried apples, soak all night and in the morning boil slowly in 1 cup dark molasses for 2 hours. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup sour milk, 4 cups of well sifted flour, 2 cups of raisins chopped fine, 1 cup of English walnuts chopped, 1 1/2 cups citron, candied oranges, and lemon peel mixed and chopped; 1 teaspoon of cloves, allspice and cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 2 teaspoons soda, 2 teaspoon baking powder. Keep as a fruit cake.

Election Cake

(Vannortw'K.)

2 cups of sugar, 1 1/2 cups of butter, 3 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 2 tablespoons baking pwder, 3 or 4 cups of flour, 2 cups of raisins, 2 cups of currants, 1 cup of citron chopped, 1 cup of lemon peel chopped, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon almond extract; 1/2 cup of chopped almonds may be added. Bake slowly, in two loaves, an hour and a half. Will keep a month or two, if desired.