Orange Cake

1/4 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 2/3 cups flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs well beaten, and milk. Then add flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. Bake in a thin sheet in a dripping-pan. Cut in halves, spread one-half with Orange Filling. Put over other half, and cover with Orange Frosting.

Quick Cake

1/3 cup soft butter 1 1/3 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk

1 3/4 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg

1/2 lb. dates, stoned and cut in pieces

Put ingredients in a bowl and beat all together for three minutes, using a wooden cake spoon. Bake in a buttered and floured cake pan thirty-five to forty minutes. If directions are followed this makes a most satisfactory cake; but if ingredients are added separately it will not prove a success.

Boston Favorite Cake

2/3 cup butter 2 cups sugar 4 eggs

1 cup milk 3 1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt

5 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs beaten until light, then milk and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. This recipe makes two loaves, or one-half the mixture may be baked in individual tins.

Cream Cake

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup thin cream

1 2/3 cups flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon mace

1/4 teaspoon ginger

Put unbeaten eggs in a bowl, add sugar and cream, and beat vigorously. Mix and sift remaining ingredients, then add to first mixture. Bake thirty minutes in a shallow cake pan.

Currant Cake

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs Yolk 1 egg

1/2 cup milk

2 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup currants mixed with

1 tablespoon flour

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and eggs and egg yolk well beaten. Then add milk, flour mixed and sifted with baking powder, and currants. Bake forty minutes in buttered and floured cake pan.

Citron Cake

1/4 lb. butter 1/2 lb. sugar 3 eggs 1/2 cup milk

1/2 lb. flour 1 tablespoon brandy 1 cup citron, thinly sliced, then cut in strips

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, yolks of eggs well beaten, milk, and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder. Beat whites of eggs until stiff, and add to first mixture, then add brandy and citron. Bake in a moderate oven one hour.

Velvet Cake

1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cups sugar Yolks 4 eggs 1/2 cup cold water

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup corn-starch

4 teaspoons baking powder

Whites 4 eggs

1/3 cup almonds, blanched, and shredded

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, yolks of eggs well beaten, and water. Mix and sift flour, corn-starch, and baking powder, and add to first mixture; then add whites of eggs beaten until stiff. After putting in pan, cover with almonds and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake forty minutes in a moderate oven.