One cup of sugar, one cup flour, mix thoroughly; four eggs (beaten separately), mix the whites in first; two teaspoons baking powder, little salt, lemon or vanilla.
Mrs. W. T. Mills.
QUEEN’S CAKE.
One pound sugar, one pound flour, one-half pound butter, four eggs, one and one half gills sour cream, one gill wine or brandy, one nutmeg, small teaspoon soda, one pound raisins, one-half pound citron.
WASHINGTON CAKE.
Three cups sugar, two cups butter, one cup milk or water, four cups flour, five eggs, three teaspoons baking powder, one pound raisins, one-half pound citron, one teaspoon ground cinnamon, one nutmeg.
Mrs. Ambrose Lane.
SPICE CAKE.
One cup butter, two cups brown sugar, three and one-half cups flour, one cup cold water, two teaspoons baking powder, three eggs, two teaspoons cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves, one-half nutmeg, one large cup raisins and currants.
Mrs. H. E. Birdseye.