Mrs. S. Bornstein
PLUM CAKE
One pound powdered sugar, one pound butter, one pound flour, five pounds raisins, one pound currants, one pound citron, ten eggs, two teaspoonfuls cloves, one teaspoonful mace, one-half glass brandy or whiskey, one-half glass cider, wine-glass curaçoa, one-half cup molasses (small). Cream butter and sugar together; beat yolks and whites separately. Line pans with buttered paper.
R. L. S.
DELICATE CAKE
Mix well together two cups of sugar and three-fourths cup of butter, stir in one cup of milk and the whites of eight eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Stir together three cups of flour and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. Beat ten minutes after putting all the ingredients in. Pour in a loaf tin in which you have laid buttered paper. Bake one hour in a carefully heated oven.
Mrs. E. M. Loeb
POTATO CAKE
Mix one cup of butter and two cups of sugar and one of cold mashed unseasoned potatoes; add one-half cup of grated chocolate, four eggs, one cup of chopped walnuts, one-half cup milk, teaspoonful each of nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Sift two teaspoons of baking powder with two and one-half cups of flour. Stir all together. Bake the cake in square tins.
Mrs. B. Manheimer