No. 4. DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE
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2 cups brown sugar ½ cup butter ½ cup sour milk ½ teaspoon baking soda |
2½ cups flour ⅓ cake of baker's chocolate, grated and dissolved in ½ cup water |
Cream together the sugar and butter; then add the sour milk into which the soda has been dissolved. Then stir in the flour and chocolate. Bake 45 min.
No. 5. CHOCOLATE CAKE
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1 cup sugar ½ cup butter ½ cup sour milk |
1 teaspoon baking soda 1 square baker's chocolate ½ cup of boiling water |
2 scant cups of flour
Cream sugar and butter; dissolve soda in sour milk and add to sugar and butter. Dissolve chocolate in the boiling water and add to the mixture; stir in the flour and bake 30 minutes in a hot oven.
No. 6. BOILED CAKE
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1 cup brown sugar ½ cup lard 1 cup hot water 1 cup raisins |
1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1½ cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda |
Boil sugar, lard, raisins and hot water together for 3 minutes and set away to cool; then add the flour, spices and soda and mix well. Put in a loaf pan and bake in a moderate oven.
No. 7. QUEEN'S CAKE
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1 cup sugar 1 cup sour milk ½ cup lard |
2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon soda 2 teaspoons mixed spices |
1 cup seedless raisins
Cream sugar and lard; dissolve soda in the sour milk and add to sugar and lard; stir well and add flour; mix smooth and add spices and raisins. Put in a loaf pan and bake in a moderate oven.
No. 8. EGGLESS LOAF CAKE
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½ cup butter 1½ cups sugar 1⅓ cups milk |
3 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon cornstarch |
Cream sugar and butter; then add milk; stir until sugar is dissolving; then stir in gradually the flour sifted together with baking powder and cornstarch. Mix well and bake in loaf pan; moderate oven.
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