Marble Cake

Make a "Rocky Mountain" cake; mix melted chocolate with one-third of it; put in the pan a layer of the plain cake, then the chocolate mixture, after that the remainder of the mixture. A very nice way to make marble cake is to take one-third of the mixture of "Rocky Mountain" cake and mix with it spices, currants and citron, or a little preserved orange or lemon peel.

Spice Cake

1/2 cup of butter.

1 cup of sugar.

1/3 cup of milk.

1 1/2 cups of flour.

1/2 teaspoonful of baking powder. 1/4 teaspoonful of salt.

Juice and grated rind of half a lemon. 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon. Several gratings of nutmeg. 1/4 teaspoonful allspice. 3 whole eggs and the yolk of one.

Cream the butter and sugar, add spices, the beaten yolks of eggs, lemon juice and rind, part of the flour which has sifted in it the baking powder and salt, then the milk, the rest of the flour and the stiffly beaten whites. Bake until the cake leaves the side of the pan.

Currant Cake

Make the spice cake, omitting the spices and adding one-half cup of currants that have been floured.

Cocoanut Cake

Add one-half cup of grated cocoanut that has been floured to "Rocky Mountain" cake just before putting in the oven. Cover with boiled icing that has two tablespoonfuls of grated cocoanut mixed with it, or ice with the icing and sprinkle the cocoanut over the top.

Never-Fail Chocolate Cake

Melt together one and one-half squares of Baker's chocolate and three tablespoonfuls of butter. Place in a bowl and add one cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one cup pastry flour with two teaspoonfuls baking powder, little salt.

Bread two eggs into the mixture, one teaspoonful vanilla. Do not stir until all the ingredients are added. Beat with Dover egg beater five minutes. Bake in a loaf for thirty or thirty-five minutes.

Chocolate Cake

Add one square of Baker's chocolate (melted) to "Rocky Mountain" cake; after the cake is mixed, flavor with a teaspoonful of vanilla; ice with a boiled or chocolate icing.

Loaf Chocolate Cake

Boil to a thick cream one-half cup each of sugar and milk and one square of chocolate; let cool; then cream together one-half cup of butter and one cup of sugar, then add three well-beaten eggs, one-half cup of milk, one teaspoonful of baking powder sifted with two cups of flour, a little salt, one teaspoonful of vanilla and the chocolate mixture added last.

Fudge Cake

Cream together one rounding tablespoonful of butter and three-fourths cup of sugar. Then add two squares of melted chocolate and one beaten egg. Three-fourths cup of milk. One-fourth teaspoonful salt. One-half teaspoonful vanilla. Add one cup of flour sifted with one rounding teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake in a shallow pan.

Icing

One cup confectioners' sugar. One rounding tablespoonful butter. Cream together. Then add two teaspoonfuls of dry cocoa, one-half teaspoonful of vanilla and two tablespoonfuls of strong hot coffee. More sugar may be needed for spreading.