A DELICIOUS "SPICE LAYER CAKE"
- 2 cups light brown sugar.
- 1 cup chopped raisins.
- 2 eggs.
- 1 cup sour milk.
- ½ cup butter.
- 2 cups flour.
- 1 teaspoonful each of soda, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and
- a little grated nutmeg.
Cream sugar and butter together, add yolks of eggs, then the sour milk in which the soda has been dissolved, flour and spices, and lastly stir in the stiffly beaten white of eggs. Bake in two-layer pans.
ICING
Two cups sugar, ¾ cup of milk or cream, 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Boil until it forms a soft ball when a small quantity is dropped in water, and flavor with vanilla. Beat until cold and spread between layers of cake. Also on top and sides.
AN INEXPENSIVE COCOA CAKE
This is a decidedly good cake and no eggs are required. Cream together 1 cup brown sugar, ¼ cup butter. Add 1 cup of sour milk, 1¾ cups flour, then sift over 1½ tablespoonfuls of cocoa. Add 1 level teaspoonful saleratus, dissolved in a little of the sour milk, and 1 teaspoonful vanilla. Bake in a small loaf. Use the following icing: