This section is from the book "The Cook's Guide", by Semper Fidelis Circle. Also available from Amazon: The Cook's Guide.
Whites of 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, scant 1/2 cup lard, 1/2 cup milk, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Flavor with lemon.
Yolks of 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, scant 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup cold coffee, \1/2 cups flour, 2 tablespoons chocolate, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cloves. Flavor with vanilla. Bake in layers. Drop the dough in rings, holding back of spoon toward center of tin to make rings uniform, alternating light and dark.
Four tablespoons white sugar placed in pan of hot water until melted and hot. Beat with this the whites of 2 eggs until mixture is cool and smooth enough to spread.
 
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