Plain Layer Cake

One-half cup butter, one cup sugar, two eggs, two-thirds cup sweet milk, one and one-half cups flour, one-half cup cornstarch, two teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla. - Mrs. Nettie Flick, San Pedro, Calif.

Icing

One-fourth cup syrup, one cup sugar, one-fourth cup hot water. Boil till threads, then add to the beaten white of one egg. Chopped nuts may be added. - Mrs. Vanzandt, San Pedro, Calif.

Kartoffel Torte

One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of grated boiled potatoes, one-half cup of milk, two cups of flour, one-half cake of sweet chocolate grated, one-half teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves, one and one-half teaspoons baking powder, one-half cup of chopped almonds, four eggs. Bake in a pan with a funnel in about forty-five minutes - Mrs. Fred Terry, Milwaukee, Wis.

Layer Cake

One cup of sugar, one and one-fourth cup of butter, three eggs, one-fourth cup milk, one heaping teacup of flour, one tea-spoonful of baking powder; put in three tins, bake in moderate oven. - Mrs. W. Patterson, Williams, Ariz.

Layer Cake

One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, three yolks of eggs (save whites for icing), one and one-half cups milk, two teaspoons baking powder; flour to make stiff enough to bake. - Mrs. Wm. Ergmann, Los Angeles, Calif.

Lemon Cake

Two teacups powdered sugar, one teacup butter, beaten to a cream; one teacup sour milk, juice of one lemon, one teaspoon soda dissolved in milk, five eggs beaten separately, four cups flour. Bake as soon as mixed. - Mrs. E. M. Victor, New York,

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