Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1919 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

When men speak ill of thee, so live that nobody will believe them.—Plato. A FEW PLAIN CAKES. One-Egg Cake. Beat the white of one egg stiff; add the yolk and when well mixed gradually stir in one cupful of sugar, mixed with four tablespoonfuls of butter, three-quarters of a cupful of milk, one and one-half cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar and onehalf teaspoonful of soda sifted with the flour. • Nut Cake, Cream half cupful of butter; add one and one-half cupfuls of sugar; add two cupfuls of flour alternately with three-quarters of a cupful of milk. Sift half a teaspoonful of soda with one the stiffly beaten whites of four eggs and flavor to taste. Add one cupful of nut meats, lightfy floured. French Loaf Cake. Rub to a cream one and one-half cupfuls of sweet fat; add two and onehalf cupfuls of sugar, three well-beat-en eggs, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, sifted with a teaspoonful of soda and two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, three-quarters of a cupful of sweet milk, one aiifl one-half nutmeg, grated, two and one-half cupfuls of flour again; one-half cupful of milk; mix in the order given. Divide into halves and to one part add raisins, citron and nuts; the other bake in a plain loaf. This wm give you a fruit cake and a plain cake with one mixing and one baking, both with good keeping quali-

Chocolate Cake. Cream a tablespoonful of butter; add x»ne cupful of sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, two eggs and two cupfuls of flour, sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; flavor with.vanilla. To half a cake or less of grated chocolate add half a cupful of milk; boil, remove from the heat and add one ful of sugar and the yolk of one egg; stir into the cake. Bake in layers and use a boiled frosting for filling. Simple Chocolate Layer Cake. Take pne cupful of brown sugar, one-quarter of a cupful of butter, onequarter of a cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of vanilla, one egg and -one and onequarter cupfuls of flour. Dissolve two squares of chocolate In half a cupful of hot water and stir into the cake the last thing. Bake in layers and put to gether with boiled frosting. ■ *