One cup sugar with one egg stirred in, two-thirds cup melted butter, two-thirds cup of sour milk (buttermilk is best), with one-half teaspoonful of soda dissolved and stirred in, flavor with nutmeg, two and one-half cups of flour, with one-half tea-spoonful of baking powder sifted in. A good spiced cake can be made by adding to this recipe one-half cup of molasses, with a pinch of soda well beaten in and a teaspoonful each of cloves and cinnamon, and one-half cup flour. Bake slowly. - Mrs. John J. Staley, Manistee, Mich.

Strawberry Cake

Make any nice layer cake. Between the layers put mashed preserved strawberries drained of juice, and on top put lightly whipped sweetened cream. Dot with large berries. Or bake a shallow angel food and pile the top with wipped cream and berries after icing the sides. - J. W. Bayles, Williams, Ariz.