Fruit Cake

One-half pound butter, one-half pound brown sugar, one nutmeg, one teaspoon cloves, two teaspoons cinnamon, one-half pint dark molasses, five eggs, one-half tea-spoon soda (with little hot water), one-half pound flour, one pound figs, chopped fine, one pound raisins, chopped fine, one pound currants, chopped fine, one pound almonds, chopped fine, one-fourth pound citron. Steam three hours. Bake fifteen minutes. English walnuts instead of figs and almonds if preferred.

Mrs. H. M. Price,

Austin.

Fruit Cake

One and one-tenth pounds butter, one and one-tenth pounds sugar, one pound flour, ten eggs, one tablespoon mace, one tablespoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves, three nutmegs, four pounds seeded raisins, one pound currants, one-half pound citron cut fine, one-half pound figs cut fine, one-half pound nut meats, one teaspoon soda dissolved in milk. Mrs. Parsal.

Drop Cakes

One and one-fourth cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup lard, three eggs, three tablespoons cold water, to which add one teaspoon soda, one-half nutmeg grated, salt, three cups flour, sifted, two-thirds pound raisins, and, if desired, one cup nuts, but good without. Drop on tins not close together. Spread a little and bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. R. H. Clinton.

Cinnamon Cake

Rub four ounces of butter into half a pound of flour, add four ounces of sugar, one and a half teaspoons baking powder and one teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Beat up one large egg, add it very gradually, making the dry ingredients into a stiff paste. Knead it a little on a floured baking board, divide it into two pieces, roll them out and line a greased dinner plate with one of them, spread some jelly in the center, lay the other piece on the top, pinch it neatly around the edges. Bake in a moderate oven for half an hour. Serve hot or cold with sifted sugar on top. If cinnamon is not liked, ginger may be added, or a teaspoon of lemon or vanilla extract could be added with the eggs.

Fruit Cake

One cup light brown sugar, one-half cup butter, yolk of one egg (save the white for frosting), one-half cup sour milk, with one-half teaspoon of soda in it, one and one-half cups of flour, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon of cloves, a little nutmeg, one cup cut raisins. Bake slowly.

Fruit Cake

Two cups flour, one cup brown sugar, one cup sour cream, one cup chopped raisins, one cup chopped nuts, one-fourth pound citron cut very fine, two tablespoons molasses, butter the size of a large egg, two eggs, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon (each) cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Very digestible.

Lady Baltimore Cake

One-half cup butter scant, one and one-half cups granulated sugar sifted, one cup cold water, three even cups flour sifted three times before measuring; two rounded teaspoons baking powder, whites of four eggs, flavor with teaspoon almond extract and one-half tea-spoon vanilla extract. Cream the butter and sugar; add one-third of the water with one cup flour. Beat, add second cup flour, continuous beating. Into last cup of flour add baking powder and add as the others; then the rest of the water. Flavor and cut and fold in the stiffly beaten whites very carefully. Bake in three large layers.