This section is from the book "Neighborhood Cook Book", by Circle No. 5, Women's Union, Hemenway Methodist Church. Also available from Amazon: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup cold water, 2 cups flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, 3 whites of eggs.
Cream butter and sugar, beat in alternately, the water and flour sifted with baking powder. Fold in the well-beaten whites.
1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water, 1 cup nut meats, 1/2 Ib-figs, 1/2 cup raisins. Heat in double boiler until thick.
Boil until it threads, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water. Pour slowly over the well-beaten white of 1 egg. Flavor with vanilla. - Mrs. Gr. F. Falley.
White part: 1/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup sweet milk, 1 cup flour, whites of 2 eggs, 1 tsp. baking powder.
Dark part: 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup molasses, 1/4 cup sweet milk, 11/4 cups flour, yolks of 2 eggs, 1 large tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp, each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix 2 parts separately, beat until very light, place in baking pan a spoonful at a time, having the light and dark alternate. This cake will keep a long time. - Mrs. J. C. Carter.
2 squares chocolate, 2 level tbsp. oil or fat. Place together and dissolve over steam. Beat 1 egg, add 1 cup sugar, and blend well. Then 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. vanilla. Add 1 cup sweet milk, with 1 tsp. soda dissolved in it. Fold in the dissolved chocolate and bake in a moderate oven. - Mrs. H. G. Conger.
3/4 lb. butter beaten until white, 1/2 lb. sugar, 3 whole eggs and 2 whites, grated peel of 1/2 lemon, 3/4 lb. potato flour, vanilla. Bake in good warm oven 1 1/2 hour.
- Mrs. W. E. Foster.
1 egg, 1 cup brown sugar, pinch of salt, 1/4 tsp. soda, 5 level tbsp. flour, 1 cup black walnuts, butternuts, or any other good nut meats.
Mix in order given, sifting soda with flour. Bake 20 minutes in slow oven. - Mrs. J. H. Taft.
Sift together 3 times, 2 cups flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 cup sugar and a pinch of salt. Add: 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 2 tbsp. shortening and flavoring.
- Mrs. D. L. Miller.
Cream 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar; add yolks of 2 eggs (beaten), 1 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 heaping tsp. baking powder, vanilla.
Cream well 1 cup butter and 2 cups sugar, add 4 well-beaten eggs, 1 cup milk. 3 cups flour sifted with 5 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. flavoring.
- Mrs. George Knapp.
1/2 cup mashed potatoes, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup flour, 1 square chocolate, 2 eggs, 1/3 cup milk, 2 tsp. baking powder, 3/4 cup nuts, 3/4 cup raisins.
Mix batter, sugar and beaten yolks of eggs; add milk, flour, baking powder, raisins, nuts, chocolate, potatoes and beaten whites of eggs. Bake 1/2 hour in a slow oven. This cake may be iced with chocolate or served with whipped cream. - Mrs. J. F. Flavelle.
 
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