"Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?" - Herbert.

Paradise Cake

Three eggs, one cupful of butter, two and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one and one-half cupfuls of sweet milk, one small tablespoonful of soda, four large cupfuls of flour, one pound of raisins; cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, one large teaspoonful of each, one-fourth pound of citron if you like.

Mrs. Frances Rice.

Two and one-half cupfuls of sugar, three cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of sour cream, five eggs, one teaspoonful soda, three teaspoonfuls of ginger, three teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls of cloves, one nutmeg; bake in layers. Mrs. Olive McDonald.

Spice Cake

One cupful molasses, one cupful of sugar, two-thirds cupful of butter, one cupful of sour milk, three eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, one nutmeg, one and a half teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, three cupfuls of flour; add fruit, and this makes a nice fruit cake. Mrs. Mary Dutt.

Orange Cake

Two cupfuls of sugar, two-thirds cupful of butter, three cupfuls of flour (little more), juice and grated rind of one orange, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, soda size of a pea, one and a half cupfuls of sweet milk, three eggs beaten separately. Adaline Dool.

Marble Cake

Light part: One and a half cupfuls of sugar, half cupful of butter, half cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half teaspoonful of soda, whites of four eggs, beaten. Dark part: One cupful of brown sugar, half cupful of molasses, half cupful of butter, half cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half teaspoonful of soda, in two cupfuls of flour, yolks of four eggs, one teaspoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg. Alternate in the pan. M. E. Black.

Cake

One and a half cupfuls of sugar, three-fourths cupful of butter, three eggs, three-fourths cupful of milk or water, two cupfuls of flour, .two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, flavoring.

Mrs. Dixon.

Bread Cake

One pint bowl of dough when it is ready to mould into loaves, four eggs beaten, two cupfuls of white sugar, one tea-cupful butter, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one nutmeg, half teaspoonful of soda, one pint bowl stoned raisins; mix by hands. Put the dough in a large bowl. First work in the butter well, then the sugar and spice, next the yolks, then the whites of the eggs, then the soda dissolved in a little warm water, lastly the raisins floured. This quantity makes two loaves. Put in pan and bake. Mrs. Kate C. Turner.

Bread Cake

One and a half cup bread sponge, one egg, one-fourth cup butter, one cup sugar, one small teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon and a little nutmeg, one cup raisins, one cup nuts chopped coarse, one cup flour. Bake at once.

Mrs. Mary Scott.

Angel Food Cake

Whites of eleven eggs beaten stiff, one tumblerful of pulverized sugar sifted five times, one tumblerful of flour with teaspoonful of cream of tartar sifted five times. Add flavoring to the whites, then sugar, and the flour last. Beat very fast. Bake in a pan with a lid in a moderate oven 40 minutes.

Mrs. J. L. Marquis.