44 F.W.U.A. COOK BOOK
DATE CAKE OR SQUARES
& cup butter 2 tsp. cream of tart-
cup sugar 1 tsp. soda
i cup sweet milk % tsp. lemon extract
2 eggs Dash of nutmeg
~% cups flour 1 heaping cup of chopped dates

Mix all ingredients together and stir in dates last. Bake in shallow
pan at 350° F. for 40 minutes. Cut in squares to serve.

Mrs. Lucy Foster, Sunnibend F.W.U.A. No. 307

DELICIOUS CREAM CAKE

1 cup whipping cream — ~~ Y% tsp. salt
2 eggs 1% cups flour
1 cup sugar 2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. vanilla

Whip cream until firm, add eggs and whip till light as foam, add sugar,
salt and vanilla and beat well. Then beat in flour and baking powder.
Bake i in angel food cake tin 25 minutes at 400° F. Use any icing preferred.

Mrs. Wathen, Strathmore F.U.A. No. 1029

DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE

1 cup white sugar 7 1% cups flour

Y% cup butter or shortening 2 eges

1 cup sour buttermilk 1 level tsp. soda
5 tbsp. cocoa sifted with flour 1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter or shortening and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at
a time, beat well. Mix soda in sour buttermilk, add to rest. Sift flour and
cocoa together and add vanilla; beat well. Makes 2 layers (1” x8”).
Bake in moderate oven 375° F.

Mrs. W. H. Hewitt, Edberg F.U.A. No. 811

DEVIL’S FOOD

% eup butter 1 cup sugar
2 eggs % cup sour milk or buttermilk
%4 tsp. vanilla % tsp. salt
1% cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder
2 squares bitter chocolate % tsp. soda

Cream together butter and sugar. Add unbeaten eggs. Add sour milk
with soda, then flour, baking powder, and salt all sifted together. Beat
well and add melted chocolate to which has been added enough boiling
water to make % cup fluid. Add flavoring. Bake in 350° F. over 45
minutes in loaf pan.

Mrs. D. F. McDonald, Fairdonian Valley F.W.U.A. No. 802

DIVINITY CAKE

% cup butter 3 cups sifted cake flour
1% cups white sugar 3 tsp. baking powder
1% cups milk 1% tsp. salt

1 tsp. lemon extract 3 egg whites

Sift dry ingredients together five times. Cream butter and sugar,
add % cup of milk, beating well after adding it. Add dry ingredients alter-
— with remaining cup of milk. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold gently
into batter.

Variation: Omit 4% cup milk and add %4 cup glazed cherries and
% cup glazed pineapple. Bake in moderate oven 365° to 375° F. in three
9-inch layer pans. Test with toothpick in about 15 minutes. A lemon
filling is especially nice.

Mrs. J. Wilson, Fairview F.W.U.A. No. 201

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