How To Make Citron Cake

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1/2 cup milk

2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup citron cut in thing strips

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, the yolks of the eggs well beaten, and then the other dry ingredients which have been sifted together. Alternate the latter with the milk. Fold in the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Add the vanilla and citron. Bake in a very slow oven one hour.

How To Make Sunshine Cake

Seven eggs beaten separately, one-fourth teaspoon cream of tartar added to the whites when half beaten. Fold in one cup of sugar when the whites are beaten stiff. Add the beaten yolks, one tablespoon vanilla, and three-fourths cup of flour which has been sifted. Bake in a moderate oven forty minutes.

How To Make Oatmeal Wafers

1 1/2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 egg

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 scant cup of flour

5 teaspoons milk

1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix the sugar and oatmeal, add the melted butter but not while it is hot. Add the egg which has been well beaten, milk and vanilla, flour and baking powder. Bake in a hot oven after they have been flattened out to the thickness of heavy cardboard with a spatula dipped in cold water. Remove from the baking sheet at once after taking from the oven. These are delicious for afternoon teas or to accompany an ice after a hearty meal as they are not rich.

How To Make Crumpettes

2 cups rolled oats

1 cup flour

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 teaspoon soda in 1/4 cup boiling water

Cream butter and sugar and rub in other ingredients, mix in soda and water and let stand one hour. Roll very thin and bake quickly.

How To Make Doughnuts

1 cup powdered sugar

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 piece butter size of an egg

1/3 nutmeg

2 eggs

3 1/2 cups flour (generous)

Beat butter, sugar and eggs together fifteen minutes; add the milk, then the flour with the baking powder and salt. Mix very soft, roll out one-half inch thick, cut with cutter with hole in the middle and fry quickly in hot fat. Roll in powdered sugar as needed. The secret in making these is to mix in as little flour as possible. It is best to stir in only part in the bowl and then take a little at a time on the board, adding flour as needed.

How To Make Layer Cake

3/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup milk

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 whole eggs

2 extra egg whites

Cream the butter, sugar, salt and egg yolks. Sift the flour and baking powder and add alternately with the milk to the sugar and butter mixture. Beat thoroughly. Fold in the whites beaten stiffly and the vanilla. Bake one-half hour in medium oven in layer cake tins. This is too rich for a loaf cake.

How To Make Fig Filling

Cook one-half pound dried figs with one-half cup sugar and two cups of water. Strain the juice from the solid part. Grind these figs with one-fourth cup of raisins. Add one teaspoon of vanilla. Spread this on a layer cake. Spread over the fig mixture an icing made of one egg white, one and one-half cups powdered sugar, and two teaspoons of lemon juice.

How To Make Orange Filling

1/2 cup sweet butter or salt butter which has been washed

2 cups powdered sugar

Juice and grated rind of 1 orange

Cream the butter and add the sugar gradually. When all the sugar has been worked in add the orange juice and rind. If the orange has an extra quantity of juice, more powdered sugar will have to be added. Spread on a cold cake and keep in a cool place. One-fourth cup of shaved bitter chocolate sprinkled over the top of this cake improves the flavor, as orange and bitter chocolate are a good combination.