NEVER FAIL CHOCOLATE CAKE

ify cup butter 114 cups sugar

2 eggs & heaping teaspoons cocoa
1%% cup sour milk 14 teaspoon soda

2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup boiling water added after the rest hias been mixed.

—C. Owens

CRUMB CAKE

14 cup butter 14 teaspoon salt
1144 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon soda
3 cups flour 2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking powder 1% cup milk

1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups raisins

1 teaspoon nutmeg
Gream together the flour, sugar, spice, salt, baking powder and
butter. Take 1 cup of crumb out for the top. Then add the eggs,
soda, raisins, milk. Beat lightly.
—Mrs. Mickleberry.

MYSTERY CAKE
1 cup flour 14 cup butter
2 tablespoons sugar
Cream butter and sugar, add flour. Spread on bottom of tin
and bake 5 minutes.

Top part—

2 eggs 1 cup brown sugar

2 level tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup dates(not necessary) 1 cup cocoanut

14, cup walnuts
Spread on short bread and bake 20 minutes.
—Mrs. Clara Cleland.

WALNUT CAKE

1-3 cup butter 1 cup sugar

2 eggs 134, cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt

1% cup milk 3/4, teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter, work in sugar. Add beaten egg yolks. Sift dry
ingredients, add alternately with milk, fold in beaten egg whites.
Biake in layers.

Frosting—
2 cups sugar 1 cup water

Boil without stirring, pour on beaten egg whites, add flavor-
ing, allow to stand a few minutes before spreading. Decorate

with walnuts.
—Mrs, Whitney.
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