Walnut Cake

1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar Yolks 3 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 3/4 cups flour

2 3/4 teaspoons baking powder Whites 2 eggs

3/4 cup walnut meat, broken in pieces

Mix ingredients in order given. Bake forty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Cover with White Mountain Cream, crease in squares, and put one-half walnut on each square.

Spanish Cake

1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar Yolks 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk

1 3/4 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon Whites 2 eggs

Mix ingredients in order given. Bake in shallow tins and spread between and on top Caramel Frosting.

Cup Cakes

2/3 cup butter 2 cups sugar 4 eggs

1 cup milk

3 1/4 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon mace

Put butter and sugar in a bowl, and stir until well mixed; add eggs well beaten, then milk, and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and mace. Bake in individual tins. Cover with Chocolate Frosting.

Cinnamon Cakes

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 1/4 cups flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 tablespoon cinnamon

Mix ingredients in the order given, and bake in individual buttered cake tins.

Almond Cakes

1/2 cup butter 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup milk

2 eggs

1 1/3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup Jordan almonds, blanched and cut in pieces

Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in individual cake pans.

Brownies

1/3 cup butter

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1/3 cup Porto Rico molasses

1 egg, well beaten 7/8 cup bread flour 1 cup pecan meat, cut in pieces

Mix ingredients in order given. Bake in small shallow fancy cake tins, garnishing top of each cake with one-half pecan.

Chocolate Fruit Cake

1/3 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup breakfast cocoa

Yolks 3 eggs

1/2 cup cold water

1 1/4 cups bread flour

3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup candied cherries

1/3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 1 1/2 tablespoons brandy 1/3 cup walnut meats, cut in pieces Whites 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla

Cover fruit with brandy and let stand several hours. Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in deep cake pan fifty minutes. Cover with White Mountain Cream, and as soon as frosting is set, spread as thinly as possible with melted chocolate.

Ribbon Cake

1/2 cup butter 2 cups sugar Yolks 4 eggs 1 cup milk

3 1/2 cups flour

5 teaspoons baking powder

Whites 4 eggs

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon mace 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 1/3 cup figs, finely chopped 1 tablespoon molasses

Mix first seven ingredients in order given. Bake two-thirds of the mixture in two layer-cake pans. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and molasses, and bake in a layer-cake pan. Put layers together with jelly (apple usually being preferred, as it has less flavor), having the dark layer in the centre.