Spice Cake.
1 cup of sugar, ¹⁄₂ cup of molasses, ¹⁄₂ cup of butter, ¹⁄₂ cup sour milk, ¹⁄₂ cup cold coffee, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 tablespoon grated chocolate, 2 cups of flour, bake in two layers making filling of 1 cup chopped raisins and boiled frosting.
Oatmeal Cookies.
1 cup of butter, 1¹⁄₂ cups of sugar, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons sweet milk, 2 cups of oatmeal (uncooked), 2 cups of flour, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking powder, 1 cup of raisins (seeded) cut and flavored with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, a little nutmeg. Cream the butter and sugar together add the eggs well beaten then the milk and oatmeal. Sift the baking powder in the flour and add the raisins nutmeg last. The batter should be very thick and is dropped on well greased tins in small circles and baked for 15 or 20 minutes.
Plain Cookies.
¹⁄₂ cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon of milk or cream, 2¹⁄₂ cups of flour, 1¹⁄₂ teaspoon lemon extract, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of grated nutmeg. Cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, milk and flavoring sifted flour and baking powder in last. Small bits of citron look well on top of these cookies.
Canada War Cakes.
2 cups brown sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 cups of hot water, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 tablespoons lard, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 box of seedless raisins. Boil these ingredients 5 minutes let mixture get cold add 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 1 teaspoon of hot water. Stir in 3 cups of flour. This makes 2 loaves. Bake 45 minutes in moderate oven.
Brownies.
1 cup of sugar, ¹⁄₂ cup of butter, ¹⁄₂ cup of flour, 1 cup of chopped walnuts, 2 eggs, 2 squares of chocolate. Cream butter and sugar together. Beat whites of eggs stiff beat yolk thoroughly and add to butter and sugar. Add the flour chocolate melted and the walnuts. Stir until well mixed and turn in buttered cake tins. Bake 20 minutes in a moderate oven.