3 eggs - whites and yolks beaten separately.

1 cup of sugar.

2 cups of flour.

1/2 cup rich milk - cream is better.

1/2 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in hot water.

1 teaspoonful cream of tartar sifted in flour. Extract of bitter almond.

Bake in jelly-cake tins and when cold, spread with the following.

Filling

Whites of 4 eggs, whipped stiff. Heaping cup of powdered sugar.

2 table-spoonfuls crab-apple jelly, beaten into the meringue after it is stiff.

Reserve enough of the frosting before you add the jelly, to cover the top.

Corn-Starch Cup Cake. 5 eggs.

1 cup of butter.

2 cups of sugar.

1 cup sweet milk.

1 cup corn-starch.

2 cups prepared flour. Vanilla flavoring.

Bake at once in small loaves, and eat while fresh.

All corn-starch cakes become dry and insipid after twenty-four hours.