PLAIN CAKE FOR LAYERS.
One-half cup butter, three-fourths cup sugar, two eggs, one cup milk, two and a half cups flour after sifting three times, one teaspoon baking powder. Mix butter and yolks thoroughly, add milk, flour and baking powder; lastly, the beaten whites, with a good amount of flavoring.
CREAM FOR LAYER CAKE — Yolks of two eggs, one tablespoon sugar, one teaspoon flour and one teacup milk; boil until it thickens. — Mrs. O. H. Simons.