This section is from the book "Grayville Cook Book", by The Ladies of the M. E. Church.
One cup each of sugar, sour milk and raisins, two cups of flour, one-half cup of butter, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon cloves, one-half grated nutmeg, cream butter and sugar, add raisins, spices, milk and flour into which one level teaspoon of soda has been sifted. - Flora Reese.
One-half cup butter, creamed, one cup sugar, one egg beaten light, one cup milk, two cups of flour, one and one-half teaspoons Royal Bak-ing Powder, mixed in order given.
Icing. - Three cups of sugar, three-fourths cup of cold water, let stand until dissolved. Boil slowly until it threads from spoon. Then beat stiff the whites of three eggs and pour mixture into whites, stirring all the time, until well mixed. - Chloe Melrose.
Two cups brown sugar, one cup of butter or lard, one and one-half cups sweet milk, two eggs, one cup jam, one tablespoon chocolate, one teaspoon cinnamon, two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, three cups sifted flour. Can be either layer or loaf. - Mrs. Dozier.
One small cup butter, two cups coffee A sugar, one-half cup sweet milk, two cups flour, one cake sweet chocolate, grated, four eggs (both yolks and whites), one teaspoon Royal Baking Powder. Flavor with lemon. Bake in two layers.
Filling. - Three cups coffee A sugar, one cup of water, boil until brittle, or hairs, then pour over whites of three well beaten eggs, and stir until cold. - Mary Melrose.
Two eggs, one cup sugar, one-half cup butter, two cups flour, one-half cup sour milk and one teaspoon soda. Cook until begins to thicken, two-thirds cup L. B. sugar, one-half cup sweet milk, two-thirds cup chocolate, yolks of two eggs, and when cool stir in part one. Use the two whites for icing. - Mrs. Seil.
One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup sour apple sauce, one teaspoon of soda, dissolved and stirred into sauce. One level teaspoon cloves, one level teaspoon cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon nutmeg, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one cup of raisins, two cups of flour. - Mrs. W. H. Robinson.
Two cups sugar, two and one-half cups flour, three rounded tablespoons butter, one level teaspoon salt, two teaspoons cocoa, two teaspoons cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, one cup raisins, two cups unsweetened apple sauce, stewed dry, two level teaspoons soda in sauce. Stir all together. - Mrs. E. E. St. John.
One-half cup butter, one-half cup milk, one and one-half cups sugar, two cups flour (heaping tablespoon extra), two large teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, four eggs, four ounces chocolate, dissolved in five teaspoons of water, one cup fruit and one cup nuts. - Mrs. Elmer Reese.
Light Part. - Whites of four eggs, one-half cup butter, one cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon baking powder, and flavoring.
Dark Part. - Yolks of four eggs, one-half cup butter, one cup sorghum molasses, one-half cup milk, one and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, flavor with mixed spices. - Besse Vin-cent.
 
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