Chocolate Pie
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1-1/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Mix and bake same as Cream Pie. Split layers, and spread between and on top of each a thin layer of Chocolate Frosting.
Orange Cake
1/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1-2/3 cups flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs well beaten, and milk. Then add flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. Bake in a thin sheet in a dripping-pan. Cut in halves, spread one-half with Orange Filling. Put over other half, and cover with Orange Frosting.
Quick Cake
1/3 cup soft butter
1-1/3 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1-3/4 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 lb. dates, stoned and cut in pieces
Put ingredients in a bowl and beat all together for three minutes, using a wooden cake spoon. Bake in a buttered and floured cake pan thirty-five to forty minutes. If directions are followed this makes a most satisfactory cake; but if ingredients are added separately it will not prove a success.
Boston Favorite Cake
2/3 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup milk
3-1/2 cups flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs beaten until light, then milk and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. This recipe makes two loaves, or one-half the mixture may be baked in individual tins.
