Cocoa Cake

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sour milk

1/2 cup cocoa or chocolate dissolved in 1/2 cup hot water

1 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 cups flour, measured before sifting

Mix ingredients in order given and bake in layers. Use cocoa filling.

Coffee Cake

1/8 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cups sifted flour

1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

1 heaping teaspoon baking powder

Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg, then milk, salt, flour and baking powder. Pour into flat tins making dough half inch thick. Dot top with pieces of butter. Sprinkle generously with cinnamon, chopped walnuts and sugar. Bake in moderate oven.

Cream Sponge Cake

1 cup sugar

4 egg yolks

1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch

3 tablespoons cold water

1 heaping teaspoon baking powder Pinch of salt Flour

Stir sugar and yolks together until light, add water. Put cornstarch into cup, fill cup with flour, add baking powder and salt, stir into first mixture, mix well, add beaten whites of eggs. Bake in moderate oven.

Cup Cakes No. 1

1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cup flour

2 eggs

1 large teaspoon baking powder Salt, vanilla

Cream butter and sugar, add beaten eggs, milk, flour and baking powder. Flavor and bake in moderate oven.

Cup Cake No. 2

2 cups flour 1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 rounded teaspoon baking powder 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 cup milk

Stir together and bake.

Date Cake No. 1

1/2 cup soft butter

1 1/3 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 3/4 cup flour

3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt 1/2 pound dates cut into pieces

Cream butter and sugar, add other ingredients, beat for three minutes and bake for forty minutes. This cake is delicious.

Date Cake No. 2

1 cup sugar 5 eggs

1 rounded teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon flour 1 cup dates 1 cup walnuts

Beat yolks and sugar, add flour, baking powder, nuts and dates, then the beaten whites. Bake in two layers, use whipped cream for filling.

Dolly Varden Cake

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter (scant)

2 cups flour (scant)

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon soda 1/2 cup milk whites of three eggs Vanilla

Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten whites, beat the mixture five minutes. Add one cup of flour with cream of tartar, milk in which soda has been dissolved, then the remaining cup of flour. Flavor. While hot cover with Gilt Edge Frosting made of the beaten yolks and twenty-five teaspoons of powdered sugar. Mapleine frosting may be used.

German Apple Cake

2 cups flour

1 1/2 good teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs

2 tablespoons crisco 2 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon sugar

Cinnamon

Salt

Milk

Apples

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt, add crisco and butter, mix thoroughly, then add sugar, eggs and enough milk to make a dough as for pie crust. Roll, put into square baking pan, well greased and spread dough on the sides. Peel six apples and cut into sixteenths. Place in rows as close as possible on cake. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake until apples are done. Serve with whipped cream.