"In all receipts where a baking powder is to be used, I recommend the Royal as the very best on the market, and I have been forced to this conclusion after having tried all others."

Measures For Cake

One heaping quart of sifted flour - one pound.

Three coffeecups of sifted flour even full - one ponud.

One quart of unsifted flour - one pound.

One pint of soft butter - one pound.

Two teacups of soft butter - one pound.

One and one-third pints of powdered sugar - one pound.

Two coffeecups even full of sugar - one pound.

One heaping pint of granulated sugar - one pound.

Two teacups of granulated sugar - one pound.

One and three-quarter teacups of brown sugar - one pound.

Three and one-half teacups of meal - one quart.

Cocoanut Pound Cake

One pound sugar, three-quarters pound butter, one pound flour, ten eggs, one pound grated cocoanut, half a wineglass rose water, one grated nutmeg. Beat butter and sugar very light, stir in the rose water, beat in one-fourth of the flour. Beat the eggs well and stir them in by degrees, add the remaining flour, half at a time, and lastly the cocoanut. Butter and paper the pan, put in the batter, smooth it over evenly with a knife, bake in a moderate oven.

Cocoanut Cakes

One pound cocoanut, half pound white sugar, one table-spoonful flour. Grate the nut, mix the sugar and flour with it, work all well together. Make it out in little balls, place them on tins, bake in a quick oven. To prevent the cakes getting too brown on the under side place several thicknesses of paper under them.

White Cake

Two cups of sifted flour, three-quarters of a cup of butter, whites of six eggs, one and one-quarter cups powdered sugar, one teaspoonful of Royal Baking Powder sifted in the flour.

Cream butter and flour, and sugar and eggs, and mix together.

Season with vanilla or bitter almond. Bake in flat bread pans, and ice.

Mountain Ash Cake

Two large cups of pulverized sugar, two large cups of sifted flour, one large cup of milk, one large cup of butter, two tea-spoonsful of Royal Baking Powder, sifted in the flour. Whites of seven eggs, cream, butter, adding by degrees corn starch, milk, flour, lastly eggs into which the sugar has been beaten. Flavor with anything you like and bake in moderate oven.

Sugar Cake

Two quarts of flour, three teacups of sugar, one of butter, one of lard, one of cream, three eggs, two teaspoonsful of soda dissolved in the sour cream. Cream, butter and sugar, add eggs beaten separately, then the cream, lastly sift the flour in slowly. Season with nutmeg and cinnamon.

Sunshine Cake

Whites of ten eggs, beaten stiff. Sift three-quarters pound of granulated sugar three times and add to the eggs gradually.

To the whites and sugar, add the beaten yolks of five eggs, the grated rind of one-half an orange and three teaspoonsful of the juice. Put one teaspoonful of cream tartar in six ounces of flour and sift three times; add this to the eggs. Bake without greasing the pan.