This section is from the book "Eureka Cook Book", by The Ladies League of the First Congregational Church Eureka, California. Also available from Amazon: Eureka Cook Book.
Three eggs, 1 1-2 cups sugar, 1-2 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat eggs 1 minute, add sugar, beat 5 minutes, add milk, 1-2 the flour, beat 1 minute, add flour, baking powder sifted together, and flavoring and beat 1 minute. Mrs. Weatherby.
Four eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 even cup sifted flour, 1 tablespoon cold water, 1-2 teaspoon baking powder, 1-2 a lemon. Beat the yolks of the eggs and sugar, add the water,. then the flour, then the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs, lemon juice, grated rind and baking powder. Bake 1-2 hour.
Mrs. J. F. McGeorge.
Two cups sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 4 eggs, lemon extract, 3-4 cup boiling water. Sift together sugar, flour and baking powder, add the well beaten eggs, then the extract, and the boiling water last. This may seem too thin, but makes a very nice cake. Mrs. F. E. Herrick.
Two eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 2 teaspoon baking powder, scant 1-2 cup boiling water. Sift the flour, sugar and baking powder, add the well beaten eggs, and the boiling water last gradually. Bake in a buttered tin.
Mrs. Ethel Langford.
Six eggs, 3 scant cups sugar, 4 cups sifted flour, 2 tea-spoons baking powder, salt and flavoring. Beat the eggs for 2 minutes, reserving the white for frosting, add sugar, beat 5 minutes, add 2 cups flour, beat 2 minutes, then add flour, baking powder and salt and beat 3 minutes.
Mrs. F. H. Tappendorf.
Three eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder, 1 orange, 1-2 cup hot water. Beat the eggs well, sift together sugar, flour and baking powder, mix and add the juice and grated rind of the orange, at last the hot water.
Mrs. J. P. Campton.
One cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 2 teaspoons cream tartar, 1-2 teaspoon soda, 2 eggs, thick cream. Sift together sugar, flour, cream tartar and soda, break the eggs in a cup, fill it up with sweet cream, add flavoring, and beat all well.
Mrs. C. E. Robinson, Philadelphia, Penn.
 
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