This section is from the book "Hanover Cook Book", by The Library Association. Also available from Amazon: The Hanover Cook Book.
1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cup pas-try flour, 2 level teaspoonfuls Royal Baking Powder. 1 egg beaten without separating white from yolk, grated rind of 1 lemon or orange.
Mrs. Mary W. Wise.
4 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, 3/4 cup hot milk, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Mrs. Cora Weaver, Littlestown.
1/2 cup butter, 2 cups white sugar, 4 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mrs. B. R. Shultz.
1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 3 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
3/4 cup cream whipped, white 1 egg whipped, 1 grated orange and rind, 1/2 grated cocoanut Mrs. H. D. Little.
3 eggs, 1/2 cup butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 teaspoonful cream tartar, 1/2 teaspoonful soda. Mrs. F. C. Zinn.
1 1/2 cups white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup flour, 1 heaping cup of cornstarch, 1/2 cup sour milk, white of 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful extract of lemon; a small quantity of soda.
2 cups of sugar, 3/4 cup of butter, 3 eggs, 1 cup of sweet milk, 3 cups of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with lemon or vanilla.
Mrs. Wm. Stair.
1/2 cup butter, 1 cupful sugar, 3 eggs, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 2 cups flour, Simner 3 tablespoonfuls chocolate with 1/2 cup milk, and 1/2 cupful sugar, flavor with 1 teaspoonful vanilla. Let cool and add to the cake before putting in the flour and the whites of the 3 eggs beaten very light.
2 cups of brown sugar, 1 cupful of cream or rich milk and butter size of a walnut; boil till it forms a soft ball when tried in water Mrs. H. B. Baer.
1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, yolks of 5 eggs, 5 table-spoonfuls milk, 1 cup flour, 1 heaping teaspoonful baking powder, vanilla. Spread in two layers and bake till nearly done, then frost with: beaten whites of 5 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 lb. almonds, blanched and chopped and spread over the beaten whites. Then finish baking.
1 cup milk, 3 tablespoonfuls corn-starch, 1 egg yolk, butter the size of a walnut, van-illa. Boil and put between the cake layers.
Mrs. Wesley C. Stick.
2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup butter, 1 cup sweet milk, 1 teaspoonful vanilla, or almond extract, 3 teaspoon-fuls baking powder sifted with 3 cups flour, whites of 5 eggs, beaten stiff and added last.
1 cup granulated sugar, a cup light brown sugar, 3 tablespoonfuls cocoa, 1 cup milk. Boil until it forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water. Add 1 tablespoonful butter, 1 teaspoonful vanilla. Beat until it is the right consistency to spread on the cake.
Mrs. E. K. Eichelberger.
 
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