as frosting is set, spread as thinly as possible with melted chocolate.
Ribbon Cake
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
Yolks 4 eggs
1 cup milk
3-1/2 cups flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
Whites 4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon mace
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
1/3 cup figs, finely chopped
1 tablespoon molasses
Mix first seven ingredients in order given. Bake two-thirds of the mixture in two layer-cake pans. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and molasses, and bake in a layer-cake pan. Put layers together with jelly (apple usually being preferred, as it has less flavor), having the dark layer in the centre.
Golden Spice Cake
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
Yolks 4 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup milk
2-1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Few grains cayenne
Few gratings lemon rind
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg and yolks of eggs well beaten, molasses, milk, flour, mixed and sifted with spices, cayenne, and lemon rind. Bake in a moderate oven one hour, and cover with White Mountain Cream (see p. 528).
Walnut Mocha Cake
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup coffee infusion
1-3/4 cups flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Whites 3 eggs
3/4 cup walnut meats, broken in pieces
Follow directions for mixing butter cake mixtures. Cover with Confectioners' Frosting, using cream, and flavoring with vanilla.
