This section is from the book "The Cook's Guide", by Semper Fidelis Circle. Also available from Amazon: The Cook's Guide.
Boiled icings: 2 cups sugar, 1-3 cup water boiled until almost ready to thread from a spoon. Have ready the beaten white of one egg; stir slowly the boiling mixture into it. Flavor. Do not stir while boiling. If it hardens too quickly while spreading, keep putting the knife used into hot water.
Mash 2 baskets strawberries and sweeten to taste. Place between layers with whipped cream.
Grate 3 tart apples and mix with 1 well-beaten egg, 1 cup sugar, juice and grated rind of 1 lemon. Boil a few minutes until like cream. Cool and spread between layers. If apples are not tart add 2 lemons.
Four tablespoons each of finely chopped citron and seeded raisins, 1/2 cup blanched almonds, chopped fine, 1/4 pound chopped figs. Beat whites of 3 eggs very stiff; add 1/2 cup sugar. Mix all together. Spread between the cake and while hot so as to cook the eggs slightly.
Juice and grated rind of 1 large lemon, 1 egg, 1 cup sugar. Stir all together and cook 3 minutes.
Boil 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup milk for 5 minutes. Remove from fire and add small piece of butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2-3 teaspoon cream tartar. Beat until creamy, then spread on cake.
One cup white sugar, 2-3 cup water, the juice and grated rind of 1 large lemon. Put these on to boil and then stir into it 1 well-beaten egg. Stir rapidly to prevent curdling and then add 1 level tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in a little cold water, and cook till it thickens. When cool spread on the layers.
One cup figs, 1 cup raisins. Beat the whites of 3 eggs with 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Add fig mixture. Beat well. Spread between layers. Ice top with 3 tablespoons powdered sugar and just enough lemon juice to' make paste. Chopped nuts may be used with the figs.
Beat the white of 1 egg stiff. Add gradually 10 teaspoons powdered sugar. Flavor. Put in a dry, cool place to harden.
Pink coloring for cakes and icings may be made by dissolving the pink gelatine which comes in every box of Knox's gelatine in a little hot water. Use enough to give the required color.
Two cups sugar, 3 tablespoons chocolate, 1/2 cup milk, lump butter size of walnut. Boil until it nearly threads. Beat a little and spread on cake.
One pint thick cream well chilled, 1 tablespoon sugar; beat until it will spread; then gently stir in a little flavoring. Don't beat too long or it will turn to butter. The white of 1 egg well beaten and added last will make it lighter.
Sliced bananas or strawberries may be used with the cream after it is whipped.
(1). 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 ground chocolate, 1/2 cup milk, small piece of butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Boil a few minutes, then stir until thick enough to spread.
(2). 1 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons milk, 3 tablespoons chocolate. Flavor and boil 5 minutes. Stir until thick enough to spread.
Put 1/2 cup milk into a double boiler. When it boils, add 1 cup chopped walnuts, 2 eggs beaten light, and sugar to taste.
Grate 2 large oranges and a portion of the rind of 1. Remove the seeds. Add 1 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons water. Put into double boiler. Mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch in a little water. Stir into the orange and cook until the raw taste of the starch is gone. Add the beaten whites of 2 eggs and powdered sugar. Reserve a little of the frosting for the top of cake. Stir the remainder into the orange when it is cold.
One cup sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons yeast powder.
 
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