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 cup butter. Whites of 6 eggs. 2 cups sugar. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 3 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 cup milk. 1 teaspoon rose water.
Cream butter, add sugar, sift flour and baking powder and add alternately with milk. Flavor and last fold in well beaten whites of eggs.
Filling.
3 cups sugar. 1 cup raisins, cut. 1 cup boiling water. 1 cup pecans, cut. Whites of 3 eggs. 5 figs cut in strips.
Boil sugar and water to soft ball stage and pour over well beaten whites. Add other ingredients.
Mrs. M. C. Yerkes.
Same as above, except use water instead of milk.
Icing.
2 cups sugar. 1/4 lb. figs. Whites of 3 eggs. 1/4 lb. nut meats. 1/2 lb. raisins.
Add enough water to sugar to boil to syrup; pour very slowly into beaten whites; then add other ingredients which have been chopped together. Mrs. Palmer Richards.
 
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