This section is from the book "Pipe Organ Cook Book", by Ladies of First Presbyterian Church Aledo, Illinois. Also available from Amazon: The Way to Cook.
One cupful of flour, one and a half cupfuls of granulated sugar, whites of 12 eggs, one level teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half teaspoonful of salt. Beat eggs until light. First sift sugar into them, then the flour and cream of tartar. Flavor to taste. Mrs. L. N. Morgan.
One cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, half cup of molasses, one cup of strong coffee, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one of cloves, one cup of raisins or currants, and five cups of sifted flour. Add fruit last, rubbed in flour. Bake one hour. Mrs. Linn Vernon.
One cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of cold coffe, one cupful of raisins, one cupful of molasses, three cupfuls of flour, not quite one cupful of butter, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon and cloves, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mrs. Sellers.
Two cupfuls of sugar, three-fourths cupful of butter, one cupful of sweet milk, three and a half cupfuls of flour, well beaten whites of seven eggs, one and a half cupfuls of nut meats, well floured, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with flour, one teaspoonful of lemon.
One cupful of milk, two cupfuls of sugar .two-thirds cupful of butter, three cupfuls of flour, whites of five eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one cupful nut kernels chopped. Flavor. Bake in a loaf. Lizzie P. McCrea.
One scant cup butter, one and a half cups brown sugar, one teaspoon soda dissolved in boiling water, two eggs, two and a half cups flour, two cups chopped nuts, one cup chopped raisins, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon vanilla.
Augusta, 111., Cook Book.
Twelve eggs, two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of flour. Stir the yolks of the eggs and the sugar together until very light, adding gradually three tablespoonfuls of water. Sift the flour thoroughly and beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, then add to the yolks and sugar. Alternate the flour with the whites of the eggs but save most of the latter until the last when it should be stirred in as lightly as possible. Flavor with lemon, or vanilla, or leaves of rose geranium. If the latter, put half dozen leaves in the bottom of the pan in which the cake is to be baked. Do not grease the pan but cover the bottom with paper. Bake very slowly.
Lallie Abercrombie.
Sift together one cupful of flour, half cupful of corn starch, one teaspoonful of baking powder, add one cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful extract of orange, then add the whites of eight eggs whipped to a stiff froth. Mix thoroughly and bake in a well buttered cake tin in a quick oven 30 minutes.
Mrs. A. W. Henderson.
Two cups sugar, three-fourths cup butter, one cup sour milk, teaspoon of soda, three whole eggs, two and one-half scant cups of flour, cup of seeded raisins, one tablespoon of cinnamon. Mrs. Henry Crosby.
One pint flour, one pint sugar, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, four eggs beaten separately, two teaspoonfuls each of baking powder and cinnamon. Batter should be quite thin. Bake in large square pan and ice. Myra B. Garrett.
Four and a half cups of I Kings, 4-22; one cup of Judges, 5-25; (last clause) two cups of Jeremiah, 6-20; two cups of I Samuel, 30-12, two cups Nahum. 3-12, two cups Numbers, 17-8, three tablespoonfuls I Samuel, 14-25, a pinch of Leviticus 2-13, six Jeremiah, 17-11, one-half cup Judges, 4-19 (last clause), two teaspoonfuls Amos, 4-5. Season to taste of II Chronicles, 9-9. Nellie Gilmore.
Pour one pint boiling water over three-fourths pound clear fat pork. Let stand until cool, then add two cups of brown sugar, one cup of best sorghum molasses, five cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one tablespoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, allspice and one nutmeg, one pound each of currants, raisins and citron, half pound each of lemon and orange. Use all your flour, mix with the hand. Flour your fruit before using. An extra pound of raisins may be used and currants omitted. If baked in one loaf, from four to five hours is necessary. Mrs. J. M. Wright.
Beat two eggs, add one cup sugar, one cup sour cream, one tablespoon of butter, small half teaspoon of soda, dissolved in sour cream, one grated nutmeg, flour enough to thicken. Bake in loaf. Mrs. Harriett Cabeen Sells.
 
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