Prune Cake

1 cup sugar.

1/2 cup chocolate.

1 teaspoon baking powder.

1 teaspoon nutmeg.

2 eggs.

1 cup mashed prunes 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 level teaspoon soda 3/4 cup milk.

Flour enough to make stiff batter.

Cream sugar with butter; add milk, chocolate and flour, which has been sifted with soda and baking powder. Add spices and prunes. Bake in buttered pan in a moderate oven.

Icing

1/3 cup butter.

1 teaspoon strong black coffee.

1 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon chocolate.

Cream butter and add sugar gradually. Add coffee and chocolate.

Virginia Kilgore, Oakland, Cal. University of California.

Sunshine Cake

Whites of 6 eggs 1 cup sugar Yolks of 6 eggs.

2 teaspoons vanilla.

1 teaspoon cream tartar.

1 cup sifted flour.

Beat whites until stiff and dry, then add sugar gradually, beating constantly; then add well beaten yolks and vanilla. Cut and fold in flour sifted with baking powder. Bake 45 minutes in moderate oven.

Margaret Roberts Jones, Coldwater, Mich.

University of Wisconsin.

English Spice Cake

1 package raisins.

1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter.

2 eggs.

2 teaspoons soda.

1 cup nut meats 1/2 cup chopped citron 3 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg 3 cups flour.

Simmer raisins for 20 minutes in just enough water to cover. Drain, saving one large cup of water to cool. Cream sugar and butter. Add beaten egg yolks; also raisin water and flour in which soda and spices have been sifted. Add raisins and citron (carefully dredged in flour) and nutmeats. Fold in egg whites. Bake slowly in greased angel food tin for 60 minutes.

Helen Pfeiffer Higgs, Peoria, Ill. Northwestern University.

Washington Pie

3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup fat.

2 cups flour.

3 teaspoons baking powder.

1 egg yolk.

3/4 cup milk.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

1 beaten egg white.

1/4 teaspoon salt.

Cream fat with sugar. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Beat sugar, fat and egg yolk together, and add alternately with milk. Then fold in vanilla and stiffly beaten egg white. Pour into buttered tin and bake in moderate oven.

Custard.

2 cups milk.

4 tablespoons cornstarch.

3/4 cup sugar.

1/4 teaspoon salt.

1 egg yolk.

1/2 teaspoon vanilla.

Combine and cook in double boiler until thick. Cool. Spread on top of cake and serve.

Rose Shepherd, Corvallis, Ore. Oregon Agricultural College.

Potato Caramel Cake

2 cups sugar.

2 cups flour.

1/2 cup sweet milk.

2 teaspoons baking powder.

1 cup chopped nuts.

1 teaspoon cinnamon.

2/3 cup butter.

1 cup hot mashed potato.

4 eggs.

1 cup grated chocolate.

1/2 teaspoon cloves.

1 teaspoon nutmeg.

Cream butter and sugar. Add yolks of eggs, then add milk, potatoes, spices, and chocolate. Mix baking powder in with flour. Beat the batter well. Add the well beaten whites of the eggs and the nuts last. This makes a large loaf.

Helen R. Murray, Los Angeles, Calif. University of Southern California.