This section is from the book "Capital City Recipes", by First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary. Also available from Amazon: Capital City Cook Book, A Collection Of Practical Tested Receipts By Many Of The Best Housekeepers.
Eggs (whites) ................................................12
Flour - Cupfuls ..............................................5
Sugar - Cupfuls ...................... 3
Butter - Heaping cupfuls ..............................1
Sweet Milk - Cupfuls ....................................1
Baking Powder - Teaspoonfuls ....................3
Work the butter till it runs, stir in the sugar gradually, then the milk, then the flour with the baking powder sifted in three times; lastly the whites of the eggs beaten stiff; bake quickly. Put layers together with icing, alternating with layers of Coffee Cake below.
Brown Sugar - Cupfuls ................................1
Butter - Cupfuls ............................................1/2
Flour - Cupfuls ...............................2 1/2
Black Molasses - Cupfuls..............................1/2
Strong Coffee - Cupfuls ................................1/2
Seeded Raisins - Cupfuls ..............................1
Currants - Cupfuls ........................................1
Soda - Teaspoonfuls ......................................1
Flavor with cinnamon, cloves, and mace.
Mrs. E. P. Moses
Make a white cake batter as above; bake in thick layers; make a filling of 1/4 of a pound of blanched almonds, chopped, 1/4 of a pound of English walnuts, chopped, 1 cupful of stoned raisins, 1/4 cupful of sliced citron; make a boiled icing and stir all these ingredients in; spread between the layers and on top of cake. Flavor icing with rose-water or bitter almonds.
MRS. A. L. HULL (Georgia).
Eggs (whites) ..............................................12
Pulverized Sugar - Ounces............................12
Flour - Ounces ..............................................5
Cream of Tartar - Teaspoonfuls...................1
Vanilla - Teaspoonfuls ..................................1
Sift flour four times, then add cream of tartar; beat eggs to stiff froth; add sugar lightly through sieve, beating with egg beater all the time, then add flour with cream of tartar very gently; lastly, vanilla. Beat constantly till you put in pan. Bake in moderate oven fifty minutes.
Icing. - Whites of two eggs beaten stiff; boil 1 pound pulverized sugar with enough water to dissolve - boil till it candies - pour slowly into the whites, beating all the time until cold; add vanilla to suit taste.
Mrs. Schwartz
Eggs t whites ..................................................8
Sugar - Cupfuls .................... . .. 2
Butter - Cupfuls ..............................................1
Milk - Cupfuls ................................................1
Flour - Light cupfuls......................................4
Baking Powder - Teaspoonfuls ......................1
Carmel.
Granulated Sugar - Cupfuls............................2
Maple Sugar - Pounds ....................................1/2
Sweet Cream or Milk - Cupfuls . . ................1
Butter - Tablespoonfuls ..................................1
In making the caramel melt the sugar and butter together and add the milk carefully. Set stew-pan in boiling water and stir until smooth.
Mrs. John Thompson
 
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