Lemon Jelly Cake

Two cupfuls of granulated sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cupful of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, three eggs, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Bake in jelly-pans.

Jelly for Cake

One cup of white sugar, one egg, one lemon, the rind grated, one tablespoonful of butter. Beat all together, and boil three minutes; let it get perfectly cold before using. Spread between the layers, and frost the top and sides.

Variety Cake

Make a batter, as for cocoanut cake; bake five layers in jelly-tins; make frosting of the whites of three eggs, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, two teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, with frosting for the first layer mix rolled English walnuts, with that for second layer mix fine-sliced figs, for the third with walnuts, for fourth with figs, and on the top and sides spread the plain frosting, with grated cocoanut thickly over it.

Dream Cake

Two cupfuls of pulverized sugar, half cup of butter, beaten to a cream; add half cup of sweet milk, two and a half cups of flour, two and a half teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder in the flour, whites of eight eggs; it is baked in three layers; each layer should be about inch and a half thick when baked. The frosting for the bottom layer is flavored with lemon, the next layer with vanilla, and the top layer and sides are frosted, and the top layer is thickly covered with cocoanut and is flavored delicately with a few drops of rose water.

Snow Cake

Beat one cupful of butter to a cream, add one and a half cupfuls of flour, and stir very thoroughly together; then add one cupful of cornstarch, one cupful of sweet milk, in which three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder have been dissolved; last, add the whites of eight eggs and two cupfuls of sugar well beaten together; flavor to taste, bake in sheets, and put together with icing.

Minnehaha Cake

Two cupfuls of sugar, half cup of butter, whites of six eggs, or four whole eggs, one-half cup of sweet milk, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Bake in three layers. For filling, make boiled icing and add to it two cupfuls of stoned raisins, chopped fine, and place between the layers and over the top.

Prison Cake

One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of powdered sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, three cupfuls of flour, whites of eight eggs, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder.

Dark Part

One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of dark brown sugar, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of sour milk, four cup-fuls of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, yolks of eight eggs, one pound of currants, one pound of raisins, all kinds of spices; bake in jelly-pans. When cold, put together with the following icing: The white of one egg, thoroughly beaten, the grated rind of two and the juice of three lemons, and powdered sugar enough to make a thick frosting; then put together, first dark, then light, with frosting between, on top and sides.