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WHITE FRUIT CAKE

4 cups sifted Swans Down Cake
Flour . .

1 teaspoon baking powder

1% teaspoon soda

1 cup shortening

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 pound Sultana raisins

44 pound citron, cut fine

. % pound each erystallized orange
peel, pineapple and red cherries,
cut fine

1 pound blanched almonds, cut fine
10 egg whites, beaten stiff

lo teaspoon salt

11% cups sugar

Sift flour once, measure, add. baking powder, soda, and salt, and sift together 3
times. Sift 1 cup of this flour mixture over fruits and nuts; mix thoroughly. Cream
shortening until light and fluffy, add sugar gradually, and cream together thoroughly.
Add remaining flour mixture to creamed mixture, a small amount at a time. Beat after
each addition ‘until smooth. Add lemon juice, fruits and nuts. Fold in egg whites. Pcur
-in tube pan or small bread pans prepared with a paper lining in the bottom. Eake in
Slow oven (250 degrees F.) 2% hours, then increase to 300 degrees F. for 15 minutes.

Makes 6 pounds.
DATE CAKE

‘1% cups brown sugar

2-3 cup crisco
1 teaspoon cinnamon

-5 teaspoons baking

powder 4 eggs
114 cups dates, ston- 14 teaspoon nutmeg
ed and cut in smal! 3% cups flour

pieces 1 teaspoon salt.

Cream Crisco and sugar together. Add well-
beaten eggs and mix well. Mix and sift flour,
baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and
add alternately with milk to first mixture. Beat
thoroughly. Add dates and mix well. Bake Temp.
350 degrees Temp. F. Time 50 to 60 minutes.

ONE-EGG CAKE

1% cup milk
1% cups flour
214 teaspoons baking

y% cup butter

16 cup sugar

1 egg, well beaten powder

14 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon vanilla.

Cream butter and add half ine sugar gradually.
Add remaining sugar to egg. Combine mixtures.
Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt and
add alternately with milk to first mixture. Add
vanilla. Bake 30 minutes in buttred shallow pan
in moderate oven.

SPICE CAKE WITH CARAMEL
FROSTING

Y% teaspoon mace or
nutmeg
1% teaspoon cloves

1% cup butter
1144 cups brown sugar
2 egg yolks, well

beaten 1-3 cup St. Charles
2 cups flour Milk
2 teaspoons baking 1-3 cup water

powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla
2 egg whites, stiffly
beaten.

Cream butter, add sugar gradually, beating

after each addition. Stir in egg yolks. Mix and

' sift flour, baking powder and spices. Add to first
mixture alternately with milk diluted with water,

beat until smooth. Add vanilla, fold in egg whites.
Bake in two layer-cake pans.

SHREWSBURY CAKES

1 1-3 cups shortening 1% teaspoon salt
4% cups flour 4 eggs eke
(about) 2 teaspoons grated
1 cup sugar ‘nutmeg.
Cream butter and sugar, sift flour, salt and
nutmeg together and add alternating with well-
beaten eggs, add sufficient flour to roll out, then

“cut with a Shrewsbury cutter, giving a star-like

effect Moderate oven about 8 minutes.

ORANGE. FILLING
% Cup sugar
214 tablespoons flour

Grated rind %

orange 1 teaspoon butter.

Mix in order given. Cook 15 minutes in double

boiler, stirring constantly. Cool and spread be-
tween split cake.

RULES FOR THE NOVICE CAKE
MAKER |

Use fine sugar; use fresh eggs; use good short-
ening, either butter or cooking fat; use cake or
pastry flour. Have all ingredients measured be-
fore beginning to work. ‘Sift flour and sugar be-
fore measuring. Flour fruit before adding to light
mixture. Do not grease pans for sponge or angel
cake mixtures. For butter cakes, grease pan with
beltec fat and dredge thoroughly with flour, invert
and shake to remove superfluous flour. Do not
hurry cake out of the pan. Rest pan on four sides
ab ea a so that the weight of cake may help
it out.

1% teaspoon lemon
juice e -

CARAMEL FROSTING

114%, cups granulated 1 cup St. Charles
sugar Milk ©

% cup brown sugar 1% teaspoons vanilla.

2 tablespoons butter

Biend the milk and sugar. Add butter and
cook until] mixture forms a soft ball when. tested
in cold water. Cool, add vanilla, beat until of the
consistency to spread. Put between layers and
cover top of cake.

A delectable combination of flavors.

In using flour remember that 1 cup of pa stry flour equals 7% of a cup of bread flour.

1% cup orange juice

1 egg, slightly beaten‘

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