This section is from the book "The Magnolia Cook Book", by Magnolia Avenue Christian Church community. Also available from Amazon: Magnolia Cook Book.
One pound flour, 1 pound sugar, 1 1/8 pound butter, 1/2 pound citron, 4 pounds currants, 4 pounds raisins, 9 eggs, 1 tablespoon each of cloves, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and 3 gills of coffee. Steam 4 hours, then bake until dry or about half an hour.
Mrs. F. E. Harvey.
"Whites of 1 dozen eggs, 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon cream tartar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat the whites very stiff, beat in sugar slowly, mix the cream of tartar slowly with the flour, and sift slowly into the eggs, stirring all the time, add the flavoring. Place in a cake pan that has never been greased. Bake in a moderate over 3/4 of hour.
Mrs. J. M. Woodruff.
Eight whites of eggs, 2 cups powdered sugar or 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup butter. 3/4 cup milk, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Two cups of sugar, 1 cup butter; stir this to a cream. Add 1 cup cornstarch. 1 cup sweet milk; beat in the whites of 5 eggs, beat it to a froth, 2 cups flour, 2 tea-spoonfuls baking powder, mix in the flour.
Mrs. C. A. Yeisley.
One cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 egg or whites of 2, or yolks of 2 or 3 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 cups flour, 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder. Flavor to taste.
Mrs. McKnight.
Three-fourths cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup cocoa, 4 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking powder, vanilla.
Mrs. Burford.
Two squares Baker's Chocolate, yolk of 1 egg, 1/2 cup sweet milk. Put together in dish on stove over hot water until thick like custard. Add to that 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup milk (sweet or sour), butter size of egg, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, pinch of salt, 1 1/2 cups flour, flavoring, 1 cup chopped nuts.
Icing - 1 square chocolate, 1 cup powdered sugar, moisten with milk.
Miss Hanvey.
Two cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter. 1 cup mashed potatoes. 4 eggs beaten separately. 1 cup of milk, cinnamon and cloves to taste, 1 cup of English walnuts, allspice, 2 tablespoons grated chocolate, 2 cups of flour, 4 level teaspoons of baking powder, nutmeg. Bake in a slow oven about 45 minutes.
Mrs. Frank Tyrrell.
Half cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 2 cups chopped nuts, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 4 eggs beaten separately.
Mrs. Burson.
A good luncheon or tea-cake may be made as follows: Mix a teaspoon of baking powder and a pinch of salt with 2 cups of flour, rub into this 2 tablespoon-fuls of butter. Then add 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of raisins and citron mixed, 1/2 cup of walnuts; then beat 1 egg with 1/2 cupful of sweet milk and add to dry ingredients. Bake in loaf 1 hour.
Mrs. W. J. Jeter.
1 cup sugar, butter size of egg, cream together. Add 1 1/2 cups warm apple sauce (sweetened), 2 1/2 cups flour (sifted), 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon cloves, 1 cup chopped raisins, 2 scant teaspoons soda dissolved in about 1 tablespoon boiling water and add last. Put batter in pan and let stand 10 minutes before baking. Bake as loaf cake about 1 hour in moderate oven.
Mrs. S. J. Chapman.
 
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