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82 Blue Ribbon Cook Book

One Egg Cake—+} cup shortening, 1 egg, ? cup sugar, 13 cups flour, 4
cup milk, 3 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder, 1 teaspoon Blue
Ribbon vanilla or lemon extract. :

Plain Cake—+ cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, ? cup milk, 1 tea-
spoon Blue Ribbon vanilla, 1} cups flour, 3 teaspoons Blue Ribbon
baking powder, 1% teaspoon salt.

Variations of the Plain Cake

1. Spice Cake—Add 1 teaspoon mixed spices.

2. Nut Cake—Add } to 1 cup chopped nuts.

3. Cocoanut Cake—<Add 3 to 1 cup grated cocoanut.

4. Chocolate Cake—Add 2 squares melted chocolate, or 4 cup cocoa.
Scant the amount of flour.

5. Raisin Cake—Add 3 to 1 cup raisins or currants, dates, figs, etc.,
floured with part of the flour.

6. White Cake—Use 3 egg whites stiffly beaten, and added last. 3% cup

extra flour may be rine Decrease baking powder by 1 teaspoon.
7. Gold Cake—Use 4 egg yolks beaten until thick and lemon colored.
8. Orange Cake—Use orange juice for milk, and add 2 tablespoons
-. grated orange rind.

9. Coffee Cake—Substitute very strong black coffee for the milk.

10. Apple Sauce Cake—Use 1 cup apple sauce instead of the milk. Add
7 teaspoon Blue Ribbon soda, and decrease baking powder to 14
teaspoons.

11. Layer Cake—Bake in 2 layers, but scant the flour, as layer cake

batter should be a little less stiff. If 3 layers are desired, double the
recipe. Fill, and ice as desired.
12. Caramel Cake—Add 3 tablespoons caramel syrup.
For recipe for syrup see Cake Frostings and Fillings.

One, Two, Three, Four Cake—1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour,
4 eggs, 1 cup milk, 4 teaspoons Blue Ribbon baking powder, 1 teaspoon
salt, 13 teaspoons Blue Ribbon vanilla. :

Gingerbread—} cup brown sugar, } cup butter, } cup molasses, 3 cup
boiling water, 13 cups sifted flour, 1 egg, ¢ teaspoon Blue Ribbon baking
soda, 1 teaspoon Blue Ribbon ginger, 1 teaspoon Blue Ribbon cin-
namon, { teaspoon salt. Bake in a greased pan in moderate oven.

Sour Cream Gingerbread—1 cup molasses, 1 cup sour cream, 1 egg, 1
teaspoon Blue Ribbon soda, | tablespoon Blue Ribbon ginger, or more, te
suit taste, 2} cups flour, } cup sugar, 14 teaspoon salt.