One cup sugar, one and one-half cups molasses, one cup coffee or sour milk, one-half cup boiling water with one teaspoon soda dissolved, one-half cup shortening, two eggs, nuts, flour to make dough stiff enough to drop from spoon.

Filling

One cup sugar, one cup of milk. Boil until it makes a soft ball when dropped in water. Remove from fire and add one tablespoon of butter; stir. - Miss J. M. Daggs, Williams, Ariz.

Molasses Layer Cake

Two-thirds cup of molasses, two-thirds cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of milk, two tablespoons of butter, yolks of two eggs, one teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, one teaspoon of allspice, two-thirds cup of flour. - Mrs. A. G. Rounseville, Williams, Ariz.

Spiced Molasses Cake

One-half cup sugar, one cup shortening (butter or cottolene); one cup molasses, one cup boiling water, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon ginger, cloves and cinnamon, two eggs, two and one-half cups flour. Beat the eggs well and put in last. - Mrs. Amos Adams, Williams, Ariz.

Rocky Mountain Cake

Cream one scant cupful of sugar and one-half cupful of but-' ter and add flavoring. Sift into one and three-fourths cupfuls of flour one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and one teaspoon of baking powder. Add three well-beaten eggs and part of the flour, then the milk and the rest of the flour. Beat thoroughly for ten minutes. Bake in loaf, layer or gem tins. - Contributed, Denver, Colo.