COCOA DROP CAKES
- 4 tablespoons shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1¾ cups flour
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ½ cup cocoa
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream shortening; add sugar and beaten egg; beat well and add milk slowly; sift flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt into mixture; stir until smooth; add vanilla. Half fill greased muffin tins with batter and bake in moderate oven about 20 minutes. Cover with boiled icing [page 16].
Or bake in shallow pan; cool, and before removing cut across diagonally to make diamond-shaped pieces; cover with icing.
RAISIN DROP CAKES
- 4 tablespoons shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ⅔ cup milk
- 1¾ cups flour
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract