Pound Cake

Ingredients:

1 lb. butter 1 lb. sugar 10 eggs

1 lb. flour

1/2 tsp. mace

2 tbsp. brandy

Gold Cake

Ingredients:

8 yolks of eggs 2/3 c. butter 1 1/2 c. sugar 2/3 c. milk

2 1/2 c. flour

1 tsp. cream of tartar

1/2 tsp. soda

1 tbsp. vanilla

Method:

Mix soda and flour and sift 3 times. Cream butter and sugar, beat yolks until very light, add cream of tartar, then add this to the butter and sugar. Mix well and add milk, flour, and flavoring. This recipe is particularly good for small cakes.

Date Loaf Cake

Ingredients:

1 lb. dates (after stoning) 1 lb. pecans - shelled 1 c. sugar 1 tsp. brandy or

1 c. flour

4 eggs

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

Method:

Wash and stone dates. Wash pecans and add to date pulp. Chop slightly. Beat yolks of eggs until foamy and mix with the sugar through the date and nut mixture. Add flavoring and the sifted dry ingredients and fold in the beaten whites. Bake as a loaf 50 minutes in a moderate oven.

Orange Loaf Cake

Ingredients:

2 c. sugar

1/2 c. butter

1/2 c. orange juice grated rind of 1 orange

4 eggs

2 1/2 c. flour

3 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

Method:

Cream the butter, add the sugar and yolks of the eggs. Add to this the grated rind of 1 orange. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the liquid to the first mixture. Line a deep pan with paraffin paper and allow the cake to bake in moderate oven 35-40 minutes.

Coffee Cake

Ingredients: 1 c. butter 2 c. sugar

4 eggs

2 tbsp. molasses

1 c. cold boiled coffee

3 3/4 c. flour

5 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. cloves 1/2 tsp. mace 1/2 tsp. allspice 3/4 c. raisins 3/4 c. currants 1/4 c. citron

2 tbsp. brandy

Apple Sauce Cake

Ingredients: 1 c. butter 1 c. sugar 1 egg

1 c. molasses 1 c. apple sauce (unsweetened)

3 c. flour

1 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. allspice, cinnamon, and clove 1/2 grated nutmeg

1/2 c. raisins and currants

Fruit Cake

Ingredients: 1 lb. butter 1 lb. brown sugar 1 lb. flour 3 lb. raisins 3 lb. currants 1 lb. mixed fruit peel

12 eggs 1/2 lb. almonds 2 tsp. nutmeg 2 tsp. cloves

2 tsp. cinnamon

3 tbsp. vanilla juice of 2 lemons

Molasses Layer Cake

Ingredients:

1 c. molasses 1/2 c. sugar 1 c. shortening 2 tsp. soda

1 c. hot water 2 eggs 2 1/2 c. flour 1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. cloves

Method :

Follow directions for flour mixtures and bake as a layer cake.

Filling For Molasses Cake

Ingredients:

1 c. milk 1/2 c. sugar

1/4 cake chocolate 1 tbsp. cornstarch

1/4 tsp. vanilla Method:

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Mix the sugar and cornstarch and add gradually to the melted chocolate alternately with the milk. Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon constantly in order to prevent lumps and to make a smooth paste. Allow the whole to cook in a double boiler 15 minutes. Add flavoring, and when custard has cooled slightly, use as a filling for the molasses cake.

Note : Whipped cream may be used as the upper covering. This cake is best used as a dessert.