CREAM LOAF CAKE
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- ½ cup rich milk or thin cream
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
Cream shortening well; add sugar slowly; add beaten yolks of eggs; add flavoring; add milk a very little at a time; sift flour, cornstarch and baking powder together and add; fold in beaten whites of eggs. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven 35 to 45 minutes, and cover with frosting [page 16].
MOLASSES CAKE
- ½ cup shortening
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup molasses
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅔ cup milk
Cream shortening. Add sugar slowly, beating continually; add beaten egg; beat well and add molasses; add half of flour, baking powder, salt and spices which have been sifted together; add milk and remainder of dry ingredients. Mix well. Bake in greased shallow pan in moderate oven about 40 minutes. Serve hot with butter.