DOUGHNUTS
- 2 eggs.
- 1 cupful of sugar.
- 1 cupful of milk.
- 4 tablespoonfuls of melted butter.
- Flour enough to make a soft dough.
- 1 saltspoonful each of salt and ground cinnamon.
- ½ teaspoonful of soda and 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar, or 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder.
Roll the dough one inch thick. Cut it into small circles, or rings, or strips and twist them. Drop the cakes into smoking hot fat, and fry to light brown; drain, and roll them in powdered sugar while still warm.
BREAD CAKE
Take a piece of raised bread-dough large enough for one loaf. Mix into it one tablespoonful of butter, one cupful each of sugar, raisins, and currants; one half teaspoonful each of ground cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Let it rise, which will take some time, and bake the same as bread.
ONE-EGG CAKE
Cream together a half cupful of butter and a cupful of sugar. Add a cupful of milk, and one beaten egg; then two cupfuls of flour mixed with two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Bake in a moderate oven.
WARREN’S CAKE
- 2 eggs.
- 1 cupful of sugar.
- 1 cupful of flour.
- ½ cupful of hot water.
- 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.
Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs together well, add the sugar, then the flour, in which the baking-powder is mixed, and lastly the water. Put it into the oven at once.