Filling

Grind together one-half pound figs, one cup pecan or walnut meats, one-quarter pound raisins. Make boiled icing of two cups granulated sugar, one-half cup water, whites of two eggs; add nuts and fruit and spread between layers. Mrs. Parsal.

Marguerites

White of one large egg, one cup sugar, enough water to moisten. Boil together slowly until a soft ball can be made. Then pour slowly over the well beaten egg, beating all the time. Stir thick with shelled walnuts (English) chopped fine, and spread over salted wafers; place in oven to brown. Delicious to serve with coffee, chocolate or lemonade. Nice if crackers not salted are used to serve hot with ice cream.

Lemon Cake

Two cups flour, two cups sugar, six eggs, six tablespoons butter, four tablespoons milk, two teaspoons cream tartar, one teaspoon soda (or two of baking powder).

Jelly For Cake

Three-quarters pound sugar, one-quarter pound butter, four eggs, rind of three lemons grated and the juice. Beat the butter, sugar and eggs together. Set into a dish of boiling water until heated; then add the lemon and stir until thick. Spread between layers of cake.

Spice Cake

One-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter, two eggs, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one-half cup chopped raisins, two level teaspoons baking powder, two and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon nutmeg. Mrs. Schultz.

Mother's Spice Loaf Cake

Two cups brown sugar, one cup butter or lard, two eggs well beaten, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon baking soda, three cups (scant) flour, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves, one cup raisins, one-half cup chopped nut meats. Bake about one hour in slow oven. Makes two loaves. Can be made with granulated sugar or sweet milk and baking powder.

Mrs. W. H. Allen.

Spice Cakes

One egg, one-half cup butter, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup molasses, one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda (level), one-half nutmeg, one teaspoon cinnamon, one cup raisins or currants, two scant cups flour, Bake in muffin tins.

Poppyseed Cake

Three-quarters cup butter, one cup sugar, three-quarters cup poppyseed, three-quarters cup milk, two cups flour (scant), two teaspoons baking powder, vanilla. Soak poppyseed in milk for one hour and when cake is all together, add four beaten whites of eggs. This is a loaf cake.

Frosting

One cup milk, one-half cup sugar, one tablespoon corn starch, yolks of four eggs, one-half cup nut meats. Cook until thick. Hattie Farber.

Potato Cake

Two cups sugar, one-half cup sweet milk, one cup butter, one-half cup grated chocolate, four eggs, one cup mashed potatoes, cold and seasoned as for table, two cups sifted flour, two teaspoons baking powder, one cup chopped nuts, one teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, lemon and vanilla. Bake in layer or loaf. A very large and delicious cake.