CAKES 29

COCOA ICING

34 cup white sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa
VY cup water Cook 5 minutes

Place small tablespoon flour in bowl and pour the boiling sugar into the flour
and beat until smooth. Add small piece of butter. If too thick add little boiling water.

(DEM.) MARSHMALLOW ICING

Boil 34 cup sugar and 4 cup milk until syrup threads. Do not stir after boiling
begins. Cook and stir 4% lb. marshmallows and 2 tablespoons water over hot water
until mixture is smooth. Combine the two mixtures and beat until stiff enough to
spread.

NUT CAKE
Cream 1 cup butter with 2/2 cups powdered sugar. Add:
5 egg yolks Juice of 1 lemon
1 Ib. walnuts, chopped 1 cup milk
Y2 Ib. citron 2 teaspoons beking powder
Y2 Ib. candied cherries 3% cups sifted flour

Juice of 1 orange
Whites of 5 eggs beaten, added last. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

SULTANA CAKE

2 cups sugar 2 Ibs. sultana raisins

1 cup butter 1 cup sliced citron

5 eggs 34 cup blanched and chopped
4 cups sifted flour almonds

3/4, cup milk Lemon flavoring and salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten eggs, then add milk, flour and baking
powder. Sift about a cup of flour over fruit and stir lightly in batter. Bake in one
large or two small loaf pans at 300 degrees.

SULTANA CAKE

1% cups butter Y2 cup sweet cream

1% cups sugar 4 cups sultona raisins
6 eggs Ya cup chopped citroen

2’ cups flour VY cup glaced cherries

2 teaspoons baking powder

Cover raisins with cold water and let come to a boil, drain and dry. (It is better
to do raisins the night before). Cream butter and sugar, adding sugar a little at a
time, beat in 2 eggs at a time, add flour, baking powder, cream, raisins, citron and
cherries. Bake in a loaf at 325 degrees about 2 hours.

DARK FRUIT CAKE

1 Ib. butter Y tb. mixed peel

22 cups brown sugar Y% |b. almonds
8 eggs Y% Ib. walnuts

34 cup sour cream VY Ib. candied cherries
1 teaspoon soda Y% |b. candied pineapple
2 teaspoons cream of tartar Yq Ib. dates
1 teaspoon salt Y% Ib. figs
1 teaspoon each nutmeg, 5 cups flour
cloves, cinnamon 1 cup brandy or strong

4 Ibs. raisins fruit juice

Mix all the fruit together with butter and sugar; after butter and sugar has
been creamed let it stand while you are preparing the other ingredients. Bake in a
rather slow oven (300 degrees) for 2 hours.

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