"Appetite comes with eating.'* Rabelais.

Cake Balls

Use any good sponge cake. The following is a good one given by Mrs. R. H. Postlethwaite:

Four eggs, beaten separately. To the yolks add 1 scant cup sugar and a pinch of salt. Beat well, then add 1/2 cup potato flour in which put 1 teaspoon baking powder. Beat again, and add vanilla, and lastly the whites of the eggs. Bake in a moderate oven till

One cup means 1/2 pint. Cup, tablespoon and teaspoon all mean level measurements.

it rises, then increase the heat for a few minutes to hold it up, and bake in a shallow slab till brown.

To make the balls, cut sponge cake in 1 inch squares, or a little larger, nip off the corners with a knife and dip in "Boiled Frosting", then roll in a mixture of dates and nuts.

Chocolate Cookies

1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sour milk 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon soda

3 oz. chocolate 1 1/2cups flour 1/2 cup nuts 1 cup ground dates

Drop from a spoon and bake.

Coachella Brownies

Cream 1/2 cup butter with 1 cup sugar, add 2 scant squares of Baker's chocolate, melted.

2 eggs slightly beaten, 1/2 cup chopped almonds. 1/2 cup cut up dry dates 1/2 cup sifted flour.

Bake in a thin layer for ten minutes in a moderate oven. When done, cut in strips or squares.

Christmas Cakes

6 eggs

1 cupful of grauulated sugar

1 cup full bread crumbs, sifted fine 1 tablespoonful lemon juice

1 cup almonds cut fine 1 cup dates stoned and cut fine 1/2 pound figs chopped fine 1 teaspoonful baking powder

Beat the yolks and sugar well and add gradually in succession, beating well all the time, the lemon juice, nuts, dates, figs, bread crumbs and baking powder-mixed; and, lastly, the whites beaten until stiff. Bake in a single sheet about 1/2 inch thick. Cover with plain boiled icing, and sprinkle generously with a mixture of chopped figs, nuts and dates.

Cut in small diamond shapes.

Mbs. V. E. Metzler, Coachella, Calif.

Date Cake

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 cups dates

2 cups walnuts

2 tablespoons flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

Bake in a thin sheet for one-half hour in a slow oven.

Nice in layers, with whipped cream between.

Mrs. Libbie Sales,

Los Angeles, Calif.

Date Crackers

Put 1 scant pound stoned dates, 1 cup granulated sugar, and 1/2 cup cold water together and boil till soft. Allow to cool. Cream 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup butter, or other shortening, then add 2 1/2 cups rolled oats and 2 1/2 cups flour. Mix well with the hands. Add 1/2 cup warm water in which dissolve 1 teaspoon soda.

Divide the dough in 2 equal parts, roll very thin, spread date mixture on one layer, place second layer on top of filling, and cut in squares. Bake to a light brown in hot oven.

These are nice with coffee or to use as a regular cooky. Ladies' Home Journal, May, 1912.