Prune Cake

One cup sugar, three-quarters cup butter, three eggs, one cup stewed prunes, chopped (soak prunes over night, add one cup sugar), four tablespoons sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon mace, one and one-half cups flour, almond flavor in icing. Mrs. William G. Long.

Swan Cake

One cup butter, two cups sugar, two and one-half cups flour, one-half cup corn starch, one cup sweet milk, whites of eight eggs, two teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla.

Sour Cream Cake

One cup sugar, one cup rich sour cream, two eggs, one and one-half cups flour, one even teaspoon soda, one cup raisins, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-quarter teaspoon nutmeg, a pinch of salt. Put all ingredients into mixing bowl in order named and beat five minutes.

Mrs. G. CHadwick.

Tilden Cake

One cup butter, two cups sugar, three cups flour, with two teaspoons baking powder, one cup sweet milk, one-half cup corn starch, four eggs, one teaspoon lemon extract. Makes a very large cake.

Torte Cake

Six eggs separated and beaten separately, one cup sugar, one cup dates (heaping), one-half cup walnuts, six tablespoons dry bread crumbs, very fine, one tea-spoon baking powder. Bake, serve with whipped cream.

Mrs. Conn.

Caramel Filling

Two cups brown sugar, one-half cup cream, one-half cup butter, vanilla. Mrs. Conn.

Whipped Cream One Egg Cake

One scant cup sugar, one egg, one level tablespoon butter, cream together; one scant cup milk, two scant cups flour, two heaping teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla. This makes a two layer cake. Whip a half pint bottle of whipping cream. Flavor with one teaspoon vanilla; add two tablespoons sugar. Spread whipped cream on both layers with either sliced bananas or pineapple. Mrs. R. C. Davis.

One Egg Cake

One-half cup butter, one cup sugar, one egg, one cup milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, vanilla.

White Cake

Very delicious but inexpensive. One and one-half cups of sugar, two cups of flour, one-half cup of butter, one cup of milk, whites of four eggs, two teaspoons baking powder. Cream butter and sugar together, then add milk, afterwards flour with baking powder sifted in. Lastly the whites beaten stiff, flavor with vanilla and bake in two layers. Mrs. J. D. McDowell.

Huckleberry Cake

One cup sugar rubbed into one-half cup butter, add two well beaten eggs, a teaspoon vanilla, two cups flour sifted three times with two level teaspoons baking powder, and last of all, a pint of fresh or cooked huckleberries, dredged with flour. Bake in loaf tin. Eat with soft sauce made with juice from canned berries, if used. Mrs. Parsal.

Lily Cake

One-third cup butter, one cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one and three-quarters cups flour, two and one-half level teaspoons baking powder, whites three eggs, one-third teaspoon lemon extract, two-thirds teaspoon vanilla extract. Cream the butter, add sugar and cream again, add milk and flour alternately (baking powder sifted with the flour), beat thoroughly when all is in and add beaten whites. Three layers or loaf. A very dainty, satisfactory cake. J. W. W.

Brain Cake

Eight eggs, one and one-half cups sugar, one and three-quarters cups of butter and lard, three-quarters cup milk, three cups flour, two heaping teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla. Use only whites of eggs, adding them last. This is a very large cake. Fine for weddings or birthday cakes.

Mrs. A. L. Kuehn.