Horse Shoe Cake

Six cups granulated sugar; 1 cup butter, cream together; 2 cups sweet milk; 6 cups flour; 6 teaspoonfuls baking powder; 6 whites of eggs beaten stiff. Add a little flour and then milk, beating all the time; baking powder in flour at last, then whites of eggs. This will make two average cakes - Mrs. McKendree Smith.

French Cream Cake

Two cups sugar; 1/2 cup butter; 3 eggs, beaten separately; 1 cup water; 3 cups flour; 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Flavor vanilla. Bake in layers.

Filling - One pint sweet milk; 1 scant cup sugar; 1/2 cup butter; 2 eggs; 2 heaping tablespoons corn starch dissolved in warm milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla. Cook until thick; spread between layers when cool - Mrs. Raymond Dowdell.

Ice Cream Cake

Make a good sponge cake into layers and let them get perfectly cold. Take a pint of thick sweet cream, beat until it looks like ice cream; make very sweet; flavor with vanilla; blanch and chop a pound of almonds and put very thick between the layers. This is the queen of all cakes - Mrs. J. W. Hendershott.

Lemon Jelly Cake

Two cups granulated sugar; 1 cup butter; 4 eggs, whites beaten separately; 1 cup milk; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 3 cups flour. Filling - Yolk of 1 egg; 2 tablespoons flour; 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup sugar; lump of butter. Cook in double boiler and use between layer and use the white of egg for icing on top - Miss Carrie Ziegen-speck.

Meat Cake

One pound sausage; 1 pound brown sugar; 1 pound raisins; 1 1/2 teaspoons spices; 1 cup hot water; 1 teaspoon soda; 3 cups flour.- Mabel McLeod.

Maple Cake

Two cups brown sugar; 1 cup sour cream; 1/2 cup butter; 2 eggs; 2 1/2 cups sifted flour; 1/2 teaspoon soda sifted in flour; 1 tablespoon vanilla. Bake in layers.

Filling - One and one half cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup cream. Cook until very soft ball, beat hard after placing vessel in cold water. Spread between and on top. Flavor with vanilla - Tested.

Mrs. Parson's Pork Cake

One pound fresh fat pork; 1 pound butter; 2 1/2 cups molasses; 3 1/2 cups sugar; 1 pint boiling water; 8 eggs; 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon; 154 teaspoons cloves; 1/2 pound citron; 1/4 pound lemon peel; 1/4 pound orange peel; 2 pounds raisins; 1 pound currants; 1 pound figs; 2 teaspoons soda; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 cup wine, brandy or coffee. Chop pork fine, put in butter, then pour boiling water over this; then molasses, sugar, spices, soda and salt. Then add a little flour, then fruit, then more flour, then add eggs well beaten. Add balance flour. Bake two hours. (Fruit cake.) - Miss Lantz.

Pound Cake

One coffee cup sugar; 1 coffee cup butter; 3 whole eggs; 1 level pint flour; 54 teaspoon baking powder. Cream well. Cream, sugar and butter well. Add the well beaten eggs and beat again. Add flour, beat and milk or cream to make it correct consistency. Do not have it too stiff as the batter should fall easily from the spoon. Beat until it is smooth and bake in slow oven - Mrs. P. S. Skeele.