This section is from the book "Brewster Book Of Recipes", by Woman's Association of Brewster Congregational Church. Also available from Amazon: Book of recipes.
1 1/3 cups brown sugar. 1/3 cup soft butter. 3/4 cup milk. 2 eggs. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. 1 1/3 cups Henkel's flour. 1/4 lb. dates cut in small pieces.
Put all in bowl, mix with 1 stirring. Bake in 2 layers.
Mrs. G. E. McKean.
1/2 cup butter. 1/4 teaspoon cloves. 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 3/4 cup sour milk. 1 cup raisins. 1 heaping cup Henkel's flour. 3/4 teaspoon soda. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Cream butter and sugar; break eggs in without beating; stir well, then put in spices, stirring all the time; then sour milk. Raisins last, same must be cooked a short time before putting in. Put soda in flour. Makes 2 layers.
Mrs. C. M. Atkinson.
1 cup sugar. 1 cup sour milk. 1/2 cup lard and butter. 1/2 teaspoon soda. 1 small teaspoon salt. 1 cup raisins. 1/2 teaspoon cloves. 1 cup nut meats. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 2 eggs. 2 tablespoons molasses.
Frosting: 1 cup confectioner's sugar, enough butter to mix in. Raisins and nut meats chopped and put with sugar. Mrs. Robert Kerr.
1 lb. chopped salt pork. 1 cup boiling coffee. 1 lb. brown sugar. 8 cups Henkel's flour. 1 lb. raisins. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 lb. currants. 1 teaspoon each cloves, cinnamon, allspice. 1/2 lb, citron. 2 cups molasses.
Makes two large cakes. Mrs. M. A. Cowles.
1 cup sugar. 2 scant cups Henkel's flour. 1/2 cup butter. 1/2 cup chopped nut meats. 3 eggs beaten separately. 1 orange rind grated. 1/2 cup milk. 1/2 cup chopped raisins.
Mrs. C. A. Bachmann.
4 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 cup blanched almonds. 6 eggs (beaten). 2 tablespoons strained honey. 1 1/2 cups butter. 1/2 cup milk. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 2 cups sugar. 2 cups raisins. Season with mace or nutmeg. 2 cups figs (cut fine).
Beat sugar and butter, add eggs, honey, milk, sifted flour and baking powder. Add fruit last. Rub raisins and figs with flour before mixing with cake. Bake slowly 1 hour.
Mrs. John Carnegie Wills,
Mrs. William A. Snyder.
5 egg yolks (beaten well). 1 cup sugar. 1 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 2 teaspoons mocha extract.
Mix in order given, fold in beaten whites of eggs. For filling use sweetened whipped cream with 2 teaspoons mocha.
Mrs. John Kalbfleish.
 
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