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84 Blue Ribbon Cook Book

Marshmallow Cake—Plain, or chocolate cake baked in layers. Use
Marshmallow Icing on top and between layers.

Spice Cake—j cup butter, } cup sugar, 2 eggs, } cup milk, 14 cups flour,
2 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder, 4 teaspoon Blue Ribbon
cinnamon, j teaspoon each of Blue Ribbon cloves, allspice, and nut-
meg, } cup chopped nuts or raisins.

' Boston Cream Pie—Use the Plain Cake recipe. Bake in layers and
fill with a Cream Filling. Sprinkle powdered sugar on the top.

Devil’s Food Cake, No. 1—} cup sugar, } cup milk, 3 squares un-
sweetened chocolate. Cook these together in double boiler until melted.
Boil until it thickens, then cool.

4 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, ¢ cup milk, } teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon
Blue Ribbon vanilla, 2 cups flour, 4 teaspoon Blue Ribbon soda, and
14 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder. ,

When combined, add chocolate mixture.
Devil’s Food Cake, No. 2—{ cup butter, 1} cups brown sugar, 4 eggs,

beaten separately, 1 cup sour milk, 23 cups flour, 1 teaspoon Blue Ribbon

soda, } teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon Blue Ribbon vanilla, 3 to 4 squares
unsweetened chocolate.
Bake in layer cake tins. Use chocolate or white frosting.

To substitute cocoa for chocolate use 33 tablespoons to every square (1
ounce). Hither sift cocoa with the dry ingredients, or mix with enough
liquid to made a paste, and add after the egg yolks. As there is less fat in
cocoa, increase the shortening 1 tablespoon for every square of chocolate.
This is good made with sour cream, in which case use only 4 cup butter. |

Coffee Fruit Cake—1 cup butter, 2 cups brown sugar, | cup very strong .
Blue Ribbon coffee (cold), 1 cup molasses, 3 eggs, 4 cups flour, sifted, 1
teaspoon Blue Ribbon baking soda, 2 cups raisins (chopped), 3 cup
currants, 1 teaspoon Blue Ribbon ground cinnamon, } teaspoon Blue
Ribbon ground cloves, } teaspoon Blue Ribbon allspice, } teaspoon
Blue Ribbon mace, } teaspoon salt. ;

Bake in a slow oven 2 to 3 hours.

Fruit Cake—2 cups butter, 2 cups brown sugar, 1 cup molasses, 5 cups
browned flour, 8 eggs well-beaten, 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon Blue Ribbon
baking soda. Mix as usual, and stir in at the last, 1 pound currants, wash-
ed and dried, 1 pound raisins, seeded, 1 pound dates, chopped, 1 teaspoon
Blue Ribbon ground cinnamon, i of nutmeg and 3 of mace, } pound
blanched, sliced almonds, 3 pound mixed peel.

If any of the fruit is omitted, add a little less of the flour. Steam 2
hours, and bake 2 hours in a moderate oven. |