Cocoanut Loaf Cake

One cupful of sugar.

One cupful of milk.

One-half cupful of cocoanut.

Two cupfuls of flour.

One egg.

Two tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder.

Three table-spoonfuls of melted butter.

Place the melted butter and the sugar together, and stir well; then add the beaten egg and the milk. Sift the baking-powder and flour together, and add them, beating vigorously. When all is smooth, add the cocoa-nut, and bake in one loaf for half an hour in a rather quick oven.

Plain Loaf Cake

One cupful of sugar.

One-half cupful of butter.

One-half cupful of milk.

One and a-half cupful of flour.

Two eggs.

One tea-spoonful of baking-powder.

One tea-spoonful of lemon or vanilla extract.

Cream the butter and the sugar together by stirring well; and add the milk, then the flavoring, and then the flour, into which the baking-powder has been stirred ; lastly add the eggs, well beaten. This cake requires little handling. Do not beat it any longer than is just necessary to blend the ingredients smoothly together. Bake for three-quarters of an hour. This is a very reliable recipe and makes a delicious cake with very little labor.

Quick Loaf Cake

One cupful of sugar.

One cupful of milk.

One-third of a cupful of melted butter. Two cupfuls of flour. One cupful of raisins. One egg (yolk only).

One table-spoonful of wine.

One tea-spoonful of baking-powder.

One and a-half tea-spoonful of mace or nutmeg.

One tea-spoonful of bitter almond extract.

Place the ingredients together in the order of the preceding- recipe, and bake for three-quarters of an hour. This cake is most delicious when fresh, but it soon becomes stale and dry. As this recipe makes but one loaf, however, the cake is not very likely to become stale.

Cream Loaf Cake

One cupful of sweet cream.

Two cupfuls of sugar.

Three cupfuls of flour.

Four eggs.

Two and a-half tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder.

One lemon (grated peel).

Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately, and add the sugar to the yolks, stirring well; then put in the cream, the grated lemon-peel, the flour with the baking-powder stirred into it, and lastly the beaten whites of the eggs. Bake for forty minutes in a rather quick oven,

Raised Loaf Cake

Three cupfuls of warm milk. One cupful of sugar. One-half cupful of yeast, or One-half cake of compressed yeast. Flour to thicken.

Place the milk, sugar and yeast together, and add enough flour to make a rather thick batter. Set the batter in a warm place over night. In the morning add

One and a-half cupful of butter. Two cupfuls of sugar. One cupful of raisins. One wine-glassful of wine or brandy.. •One tea-spoonful of cinnamon. One-half tea-spoonful of nutmeg. Two eggs.

Work the butter thoroughly into the batter before adding the beaten eggs and the sugar, spice and brandy. Seed and chop the raisins, flour them, and beat them in at the last. Place the cake in two medium-sized tins, and when it has risen nicely, bake slowly for fifty minutes.