Mix one pint of milk with two quarts of flour and one cup of yeast, let stand in a warm place all night. In morning, beat until very light four eggs, one pound of sugar, three-eighths pound of butter, one teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon cinnamon, half a nutmeg; mix with the dough thoroughly, and beat for a long time. When raised again, dredge with flour, a cup of seeded raisins, half a pound of currants, one-fourth pound of citron; add to dough; put into the pan, and let stand to rise again for half an hour. Bake in an oven suitable for bread. This cake will keep a long time.
RAISIN CAKE. MRS. FRANK ARROWSMITH.
Two cups of brown sugar, one scant cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, four eggs, one and one-half teaspoons of baking powder, three cups of flour, one teaspoon each of cinnamon and cloves, one pound of raisins. This makes two cakes. Pour boiling water on the raisins, and let stand a few minutes before stoning them.
DRIED APPLE FRUIT CAKE. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.
Take three cups of dried apples, and soak over night; then chop them fine, and cook slowly for three hours in three cups of baking molasses, stirring often; let cool over night. Then take two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, three eggs, four cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking powder, two teaspoons of ground cinnamon, two teaspoons of ground cloves, one grated nutmeg, two cups of raisins, one cup of citron (cut fine), and one pound of figs (chopped). Lastly, add the cooked apples. Stir all together, and bake as you would other fruit cake for two hours or longer in rather slow oven.
"ELECTRIC LIGHT FLOUR" is pure, white, and nutritious.
APPLE FRUIT CAKE. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.
One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two eggs, one teaspoon of soda, three and one-half cups of flour, two cups of raisins, two cups of dried apples, soaked over night, chopped fine, and then stewed in two cups of molasses. Beat butter and sugar to a cream; add milk, in which dissolve the soda; then the beaten eggs, the flour, and lastly, stir in well the raisins and apples. Bake one and a half hours.
COFFEE CAKE. MAUD STOLTZ.
One cup brown sugar, one cup molasses, one cup boiling coffee, one-half cup lard, one-half cup butter, one egg, one teasponful soda, one teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful cloves, one tablespoonful cinnamon, one tablespoonful allspice, one tablespoonful vanilla, one tablespoonful lemon, one nutmeg, one cup chopped raisins, four cups flour.