Furit Cake. (No. 1.)

One and one-half pounds of flour, one and one-half pounds of sugar, one and one-half pounds of butter, two pounds of currants, two pounds of raisins, one-half pound of citron, one-half ounce each of mace, cloves and cinnamon, twelve eggs, one cupful of molases, one cupful of strong coffee, one teaspoonful of soda.

Fruit Cake. (No. 2.)

One pound of brown sugar, one pound of butter, 10 eggs, one pound of flour, two pounds of raisins, two pounds of currants, one-half pound of citron, one nutmeg, one teaspoonful cloves, and one of allspice, one cupful of boiled cider, two teaspoonfuls Equity baking-powder.

Black Fruit Cake. (No. 3.)

Four cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of butter, one cupful cold, strong green tea, eight cupfuls of flour, one-half pint sour cream, eight eggs, two pounds of raisins, two pounds of currants, and two of almonds, one-half pound of citron, one tablespoonful of cloves, one teaspoonful saleratus, one lemon, two grated nutmegs, one cupful molasses.

White Fruit Cake

Whites of twelve eggs, one cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, two pounds of almonds, one pound of citron, one cocoa-nut, one lemon, juice and grated rind, orange peel and rose water, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, five cups of flour.

Wedding Cake - Very Fine

Four pounds of flour, four pounds of sugar, three pounds of butter, forty eggs, five pounds of stoned raisins, three pounds currants, one pound of citron, chopped, one ounce of mace, half ounce of nutmeg, six teaspoonfuls of rose water, one tablespoonful of oil of lemon, four teaspoonfuls of baking-powder or two ounces of ammonia, well dissolved. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, whisk the whites and yolks of eggs separately, then mix and add the flour, gradually; last, the spices, fruit and ammonia. Beat well and bake six hours.

Frosting For Wedding Cake

Three and one-half pounds double refined sugar, whites of twelve eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, then add the sugar, add a little potato starch, gradually, add the juice of one lemon. Beat well, spread with a knife. Ornaments may be made of the frosting by putting a little into a paper funnel and squeezing it through in designs upon the cake, after the plain coat has well set.

Fruit Cake. (No 4.)

Three cupfuls of granulated sugar, two cupfuls of butter, one-half cup of molasses, four and one-half cupfuls of flour, five eggs, three pounds of raisins, one and one-half of currants, one-half pound of citron, one teaspoonful of Equity baking-powder, one teaspoonful of cloves, allspice, nutmeg and mace, one tablespoonful of cinnamon.

Black Cake. (No. 5.)

Yolks of eight eggs, one cupful of butter, two of granulated sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, three pounds of raisins, two of currants, half of them chopped, one and one-half pounds of citron, one-half pound each dates, figs, and almonds, one cupful of molasses, six cupfuls of flour browned if you wish the cake very dark, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, allspice, cloves, one nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.

Fruit Cake. (So. 6.)

One and one-half pounds of flour (browned), one and one-half pounds of sugar, one and one-fourth of batter, two pounds of raisins, two of currants, one pound citron, two nutmegs, one-half pint of molasses, one half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cloves, and one of cinnamon, ten eggs, three tablespoonfuls of rose water. Bake three hours.

Evert Day Fruit Cake

One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful molasses, six cupfuls flour, one cupful sour cream or milk, four eggs, one heaping teaspoonful of soda, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, one-fourth pound of citron, nutmeg, cloves and mace, one tablespoonful of each.