Birthday Cake
1/2 cup butter
1-1/4 cups brown sugar
Yolks 2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
2-1/4 cups flour
3-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons Sherry
1/2 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
1/2 cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
1/3 cup currants
2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut
Whites 2 eggs
Follow directions for making butter-cake mixtures. Bake in a buttered and floured angel-cake pan in a slow oven one and one-quarter hours. Cover with Ornamental Frosting (see p. 532).
Rich Coffee Cake
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tablespoons molasses
1 cup cold boiled coffee
3-3/4 cups flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/2 teaspoon mace
1/2 teaspoon allspice
3/4 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
3/4 cup currants
1/4 cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips
2 tablespoons brandy
Follow directions for making butter-cake mixtures. Bake in deep cake pans.
Nut Spice Cake
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
Yolks 4 eggs
1 cup sour milk
2-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/4 nutmeg, grated
1 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
1/2 cup currants
1/2 cup English walnut meats, cut in pieces
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Mix ingredients in the order given. This recipe makes two loaves.
