Peel onions and cook in boiling water ten minutes. Drain. Boil salt and water five minutes; add the vegetables, and let stand twenty-four hours. Drain. Put in preserving kettle; add remaining ingredients, and simmer two hours. Put into sterilized jars and seal.

Lady Baltimore Cake

Cream butter; add sugar. Beat yolks and whole egg; add salt, and add to sugar mixture. Mix and sift flour and baking powder, and add to egg mixture alternately with milk. Beat whites until stiff; add flavoring; add to egg mixture. Bake in buttered layer cake pans twenty minutes. Fill with [Baltimore Filling], and frost with [Boiled Frosting].

Baltimore Filling

Boil sugar and water until a thread is formed. Pour on to the beaten whites; add lemon juice, and beat until creamy; add nuts and cherries and use for filling.

Virginia Fruit Cake