ADVENTURES IN COOKING 187

WALNUT CAKE

14 cup butter lf tsp salt

114 cups fine sugar 1 tsp baking powder
34, cup milk 1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla

whites of 4 eggs
Cream butter and sugar, add nuts, vanilla and then the milk slowly. Add
flour, baking powder and salt which have been sifted together. Cut in stiffly
beaten egg whites. Bake for 1 hour in moderate oven. Cover with butter
cream icing and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

MAPLE CREAM CAKE

14 cup shortening 34, cup milk

114 cups brown sugar 1 tsp maple flavouring
3 eggs l% tsp salt

21% cups flour 14 cup chopped walnuts

3 tsp baking powder
Blend shortening with sugar and eggs. Sift sugar to remove lumps. Add
sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk, add flavoring and walnuts.
Bake in two 9” greased layer pans in moderate oven (375°), 20 minutes.

SOUR CREAM ICING
Cook 2 cups sugar with 1 cup of sour cream very slowly for about 20 min-
utes until it forms a soft ball in cold water. Cool, add 2 tsp. maple flavor-
ing, beat until creamy. Spread between layers and cover cake, decorate with
half walnut meats.

MARBLE CAKE

134 cups flour 2 eggs

l% tsp salt 1% cup milk

2 tsps baking powder 1 square chocolate
14 cup butter 1 tsp vanilla

1 cup sugar 2 tbsps milk

Sift dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar, add beaten eggs and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients with the milk, divide batter in two.

Melt chocolate and mix with 2 tablespoons milk and add to one half, blend
well. Drop batter by tablespoon into greased pan alternately white and
chocolate.

Bake in moderate oven 350°F. for 50 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED SEED CAKE

l% tsp salt 21% cups all purpose flour
84, cup butter 3 tsp baking powder
114 cups sugar 1% cup citron peel
4 eggs 14 cup orange or lemon peel (candied)
4 cup milk 1 tbsp caraway seeds

4 tsp each of vanilla and
almond flavor

Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks and milk, then the fruit and seeds.
Sift the flour and baking powder. Mix all. Then add the softly beaten
ege whites. Bake in loaf pan | hour in moderate oven.