18 Royal Baking Powder Is Absolutely Pure

Butter Scotch Icing and Filling
(Without Sugar)

2 cups light syrup

% cup butter

% cup milk

Boil syrup, butter and milk together

until it forms a soft ball when tested in
cold water. Cool slightly without stir-
ring and pour while warm on cake.

Chopped nuts may be added while ic-.

ing is still soft.
Cookies and Small Cakes
Cocoa Drop Cakes

4 tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar

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% cup milk

1% cups flour

3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
14 cup cocoa

% teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream shortening; add sugar and
beaten egg; beat well and add milk
slowly; sift flour, baking powder, salt
and cocoa into mixture; stir until smooth;
add vanilla. Put one tablespoon of bat-
ter into each greased muffin tin and bake
in moderate oven about 20 minutes. Cover
with boiled icing, page 16.

Or bake in shallow pan; cool, and be-
fore removing cut across diagonally to
make diamond-shaped pieces; cover with

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8 Raisin Drop Cakes
4 tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar

1 ege

34 cup milk

1% cups flour

3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder

lg teaspoon salt

1 cup raisins

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream shortening; add sugar; add

beaten egg and milk very slowly; add
flour, baking powder and salt which have
been sifted together; add raisins which
have been washed, drained and floured
slightly; add flavoring, mix well. Put a
small amount of mixture into each
greased individual cake tin and bake in
hot oven 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with
powdered sugar, or cover with icing.

Orange Cakes
4 tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar

2% cup milk

1egg

2 cups flour

3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
¥% teaspoon salt »

1 teaspoon orange extract
grated rind of 1 orange

Cream shortening; add sugar slowly
beating well; add milk a little at.a time;
add beaten egg; sift flour, baking pow-
der and salt together and add to mix-
ture; add flavoring and grated orange
rind; mix well. Bake in greased shallow
tin, or individual cake tins, in hot oven
15 to 20 minutes. When cool cover with
orange icing, page 17.

Spice Cakes

1% cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1% cups flour

3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder

¥% teaspoon cinnamon

¥% teaspoon nutmeg

1% teaspoon cloves

% cup milk

1 cup chopped raisins

Cream shortening, add sugar and

beaten egg; add flour, baking powder
and spices which have been sifted to-
gether; add milk and mix well; mix in
raisins which have been slightly floured.
Bake in small greased tins in moderate

oven about 25 minutes.

Honey Drop Cakes

4% cup shortening
144 cup sugar
% cup honey

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%% tablespoon lemon juice
1% cups flour
1% teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
Cream shortening and add sugar slow-
ly; add honey, beaten egg yolk and
lemon juice; mix well and add flour and
baking powder which have been sifted to-
gether; fold in beaten egg white. Put
into greased individual tins or drop far
apart on greased baking sheet and bake
in hot oven 10 to 15 minutes.

Molasses Cakes

1 cup molasses

% cup sugar

% cup melted shortening
¥% cup boiling water

3 cups flour

3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
1 teaspoon salt

¥% teaspoon soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cloves

1 cup stale bread crumbs

Mix molasses, sugar, shortening and
boiling water together; add flour, baking
pant salt, soda and spices which have

een sifted together; add bread crumbs;
mix well. Drop by spoonfuls on greased
baking sheet and bake in moderate oven
10 to 12 minutes. :

All measurements are level. Four level teaspoons of baking powder about equal one
heaping teaspoon ae heretofore used.