Scripture Cake

1 cup butter.................

.....Judges, 5-25.

2 cups sugar..............

... Jeremiah, 6-20.

3 1/2 cups flour................

.....1 Kings, 4-22.

3 cups figs or other fruit........

.....1 Sam., 30-12.

1 cup nuts..............................

.....Genesis, 43-11.

1 cup sour milk, pinch of soda..

......Exodus, 3-8.

5 eggs...................................

......Isaiah, 10-14.

Pinch of salt...........................

....Leviticus, 2-13.

1 large spoonful water............

....Genesis, 24-20.

Spices to taste...............,

.....1 King's 10-2.

Follow Solomon's advice for making a good boy (first clause, Proverbs, 23-14) and you will have a good cake.

Plum Cake

Two cups brown sugar, 2-3 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 3 cups raisins, 1/2 cup citron, cut fine, 1 tablespoon each of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, 2 tablespoons wetting.

Delicious Plain Cake

Two cups sifted sugar and 1 scant cup butter beaten together. Add 3 well-beaten eggs, 1 cup milk, 3 cups flour, measured after sifting 3 or 4 times. Sift with flour 1 teaspoon cream tartar and 1/2 teaspoon soda or 2 teaspoons baking powder. Add the milk and flour alternately. Flavor to suit. The oven should be quite hot when cake is first put in, then keep a slow even fire.

White Perfection Cake

Three cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup milk, 3 cups flour, 1 cup cornstarch, whites of 12 eggs beaten to a stiff froth, 2 teaspoons cream tartar, 1 of soda sifted into the flour. Dissolve the cornstarch in the milk and add it to the sugar and butter; beat well together; add milk, then flour and lastly the whites of eggs. Flavor.

Plain White Cake

Whites of 3 eggs well beaten, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon cream tartar, 1/4 teaspoon soda.

Sunshine Cake

Five whole eggs and whites of 2 extra, 1 cup sugar sifted 5 times, 2-3 cup flour sifted 5 times, then take measure, 1-3 teaspoon cream tartar and pinch of salt in flour, flavor with lemon.

Beat yolks very light; when whites are half beaten, add cream tartar to them and beat very stiff. Stir in yolks and sugar well beaten together; fold in flour last, but as easily as possible. Bake in slow oven from 35 to 50 minutes, in a funnel pan, ungreased. Use yolks of the 2 extra eggs for frosting.