tin with heavy paper which has been
greased. Bake in moderate oven, 325
to 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

—Mrs. Charles G. Kirshaw.

RICH SPICE CAKE.
1 lb. raisins, boil in 3 cups water for
15 minutes.
Add—
1% cup shortening.
2 cups sugar.
Let cool.
Add—
1 cup cold water.
1 tablespoon vinegar.
1% cup cold coffee.
4% cups flour.
heaping teaspoon baking powder.
teaspoons nutmeg.
teaspoon cinnamon.
teaspoon ginger.
cup nutmeats, or peel, or currants
or a little of each if desired, mix-
ed with 1 teaspoon baking soda.
Bake one hour in moderate oven.
—Mrs. M. Peterson, Langruth, Man.

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SPICE CAKE.
4 tablespoons butter.
YW cup sugar.
2 eggs.
14 cup molasses.
Y% cup sour milk.
1% cups flour.
1 teaspoon soda.
1 teaspoon cinnamon,
14 teaspoon cloves.
14 teaspoon nutmeg.
1%) cup raisins.
l% cup chopped nuts.

Cream the butter and sugar, add egg
yolks, molasses, then milk in which
the soda has been dissolved. Sift the
flour and spices together and add them
to the first mixture. Then add the
raigins, nuts and stiffly-beaten egg
whites.

—Mrs. J. Morrison.

CRUMB CAKE.
14 cup butter.
2 cups flour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
1, teaspoon salt.
2 cups brown sugar.
2 eggs well beaten.
2/3 cup sweet milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Method—Mix first four ingredients

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as for pie crust, add sugar and mix
thoroughly. Put aside a good half
cupful of this mixture. To the re-
mainder add milk, eggs and vanilla.
Bake in shallow pan in moderate oven,
sprinkling the half cupful of mixture
over the top before baking.

—Mrs. Kr. Sigurdson.

COCOA CAKE.
1% cup cocoa.
2/3 cup brown sugar.
1 egg yolk.
1% cup sour milk.

Mix the sugar and cocoa, add the
milk and beaten egg yolk, cook over
hot water until the mixture is thick
and smooth. Remove from fire and
cool.

1 cup brown sugar.

1% cup butter.

1 egg yolk.

1 egg white.

% cup milk.

2 cups flour.

1 teaspoon soda.

1 teaspoon boiling water.

Cream the butter and sugar thor-
oughly, then add the egg yolk and beat
very hard, add the cocoa mixture,
making sure that it is cool. Sift the
flour, then measure and sift once
more, add then to the batter altern-
ately with the milk. Dissolve the soda
in the boiling water and add, beating it
in well. Beat the egg whites stiff and
fold in carefully. Turn the batter into
layer cake pans. Bake in a moderate
oven, 350°, about 25 minutes. Cool
and ice as desired.

—Adele Chalmers.

LARGE CHOCOLATE CAKE.
2% cups pastry flour.
1 teaspoon salt.
teaspoon soda.
cup shortening.
cups white sugar.
eggs.
heaping tablespoons cocoa.
cup rich sour milk.
teaspoons vanilla.
Method—Sift flour once, measure
and add salt and soda. Cream short-
ening well, add sugar gradually and
cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs
and beat well, add cocoa mixing well.
Add flour and milk alternately in

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