Book of American Baking / A Practical Guide Covering Various Branches of the Baking Industry, Including Cakes, Buns, and Pastry, Bread Making, Pie Baking, Etc.

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Sa Voy Jumble.

Two pounds of sugar, 1 pound lard or butter, 6 eggs, ⅙ ounce ammonia, 2¼ pounds flour, and some lemon flavor. Put sugar and lard in the bowl and break up like pie crust. Next add the eggs, a few at a time. Be careful not to cream it. Take the ammonia with a few drops of lemon flavor and make a smooth paste. Mix lightly. Put in canvas bag and with star tube lay out on dusted pans. Put in oven to bake in a heat of 400 degrees F. When baked and while still hot put a little chocolate icing on top. Sold at one cent each, or 6 for five cents. These cakes will keep moist for six or seven weeks, without getting mouldy. The longer they lay the better they taste and the softer they keep.