Quick Cake

One heaping large cup flour, 1 scant cup sugar, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Sift all together twice. Break into same cup 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons melted butter, and then fill cup with milk. Pour into flour and sugar and stir enough to mix well and then bake in two layers. Also makes very good loaf cake.

Filling For Same

One tablespoon melted butter, 2 tablespoons lukewarm coffee or boiled milk, 2 tablespoons chocolate. Add enough powdered sugar to make creamy. Little vanilla.

Pinoche Cake (4 Layers)

Two cups brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sour or sweet milk, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda; if sour milk, 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder; if sweet milk, 1/2 cup chocolate dissolved in 1/2 cup hot water; 3 cups flour measured after one sifting. Salt and vanilla,

Filling

Two cups brown sugar, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 cup chopped nuts, butter size of an egg. Boil all together until when dropped into water it will make a soft ball. Beat until it begins to cream, then spread. If it hardens too fast set saucepan into hot water.

Economical Layer Cake

Separate 2 eggs. Beat the whites stiff, the yolks creamy. Add to yolks 1 cup sugar; beat well. (If too thick add a very little of the whites). Then add lump of softened butter size of an egg. Beat thoroughly; add gradually 1/2 cup milk; then 1 1/4 cups flour into which has been sifted 1 rounded teaspoon baking powder. Lastly add the beaten whites, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. 3 layers. If 3 eggs are used instead of 2, reserve the white of one for frosting.

Marshmallow Layer Cake

Beat whites of 2 eggs very stiff and add to beaten yolks. Add 1 cup sugar, 1-3 cup soft butter; beat well; 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 1/2 cups sifted flour and 1/2 cup unsweetened chocolate, 2 level teaspoons baking powder. Flavor. Bake in 3 layers.

Filling

Cut into small pieces 20 marshmallows; set over boiling water to soften. Beat these into a boiled icing, using 1 cup powdered sugar, 1-3 cup water, and white of 1 egg. When well mixed spread between layers.

White Marshmallow Filling

Two tablespoons gelatine dissolved in 8 tablespoons boiling water. While still hot pour in 1 pound pulverized sugar; whip half an hour. Flavor with vanilla. Immediately spread on cake which must be cold.

Banana Cake

For the cake use any good recipe. Make 3 layers.

Filling

2 cups sugar, 4 tablespoons water. Boil until it threads. Just before taking from fire add a small pinch cream tartar. Have ready the whites of 2 eggs, beaten stiff. Pour syrup slowly into the eggs. Beat until stiff enough to spread on cake, which you have previously spread with bananas sliced in thin rounds. Work quickly to prevent frosting from hardening too fast.

Delicate Layer Cake

One 1/2 cups butter, 3/4 cup whites of eggs, 1 cup water, \1/2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder. Flavoring. Cream butter, 1 cup sugar and flour together; add water a little at a time, then beaten egg and the remainder of the flour; beat all about 5 minutes.

Filling

1 cup walnuts, 1 cup seeded raisins, 1/2 cup citron, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, juice of 1 lemon. Cook all together 5 minutes. Before taking from the fire stir in 1 teaspoon of arrow root