Cup Cakes

1/3 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk

2 eggs

21/2 teaspoons baking powder

12/3 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 3/4 cup of nuts

Method:

Cream butter and sugar, add beaten eggs, and flour, baking powder and milk alternately. Add nutmeg, cinnamon and nuts last.

Icing :

11/4 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/8 cup hot milk

1/2 teaspoon melted butter 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Method :

Mix in order given and spread on cakes.

Julia Pitkin Davenport, Xi.

Spice Crumb Cake

4 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup sour cream with one teaspoon soda

2 eggs

11/2 teaspoons ginger

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Method:

Rub flour, sugar and butter together as for pie crust. Take out two cups and put aside. To remaining crumbs add beaten eggs and cream and spices. Beat until creamy and lumps are out. Put one cup of crumbs which have been set aside, in bottom of pan, put in batter and cover with remaining cup of crumbs. Bake very slowly one hour.

Julia Winchell Campbell, Xi.

Monkey Cakes

1 cup sugar butter size of an egg 1/2 cup sour milk 1/2 teaspoon soda

1 egg

2 cups flour salt nutmeg

Method :

Mix and drop on tins and put raisins on in threes, making monkey faces. Good for children's parties.

Ruth Wallis Wagner, Chi Alpha.

War Cake

2 cups brown sugar 2 cups hot water 2 teaspoons fat 1 package raisins

1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Method :

Boil ingredients for five minutes. When cold add one teaspoon soda, dissolved in hot water. 2 cups white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour

Method :

Bake in two loaves forty-five minutes in slow oven. This cake ripens as does fruit cake.

Sylvia Torpe, Xi.

Eggless Cake

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cocoa stirred in sugar

1 cup sour milk into which 1 teaspoonful of soda has been beaten

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon cloves mixed in the flour

3 even teaspoons of butter (warmed)

Method :

This is thick but must be because no eggs are used. Bake slowly one hour.

Eleanor F. Lewis, Xx.

Armenian Date Cake

1 package dates 7 soda crackers 6 eggs 1 cup1/2 chopped nuts

2 tablespoons strong coffee (liquid)

4 tablespoons cocoa 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1 cup sugar

Method :

Separate the eggs and beat them well. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Beat together with the whites of the eggs. Add the yolks, coffee, and sugar, whipping all thoroughly. Bake for three-fourths hour in a moderate oven.

Salt Lake City AlumnaE.

"Best Ever" Date Cake

1 cup boiling water 1 cup dates chopped 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon butter yolk of 1 egg

11/2 cups flour

1/2 cup nuts white of 1 egg beaten stiff

1 teaspoon vanilla

Method :

Pour the boiling water over dates, add soda. Let stand until cool, add to creamed sugar, butter and egg yolk. Spread with whipped cream or caramel frosting.

Marion Perkins Gem mill.