CREAM CAKE.
Whites of three eggs beaten very light, one-fourth cup butter and one cup sugar beaten to a cream, one cup milk, three cups flour, two spoons baking powder. Stir eggs in last and bake in layers.
For the cream, take the yolks of two eggs, one cup milk, one-half cup sugar, two tablespoons cornstarch, butter size of a hickory-nut. Beat the yolks, then add the other ingredients and boil. Flavor to taste when cool. Do not spread on layers until cool. — Mrs. John Alfred.
RAISIN CAKE.
Take one and a quarter pounds of light dough, a teacup of sugar, one of butter, three eggs, a teaspoon of soda, one pound of raisins, nutmeg or cinnamon to the taste. Bake one hour. Let it rise before being baked. — Mrs. John Alfred.
COOKIES.
Cup of melted butter, two-thirds cup sour milk, teaspoon soda dissolved in hot water, three eggs well beaten, one and a fourth cups sugar, flour to roll thin, and bake in a quick oven. — Mrs. J. M. Raymond.