Cakes
SPONGE CAKE
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3 tblsp. warm water
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
Beat the eggs until thick and creamy. Add sifted sugar and beat well. Add water and lemon juice and beat again. Sift the flour, add salt and baking powder and sift again. Combine dry ingredients with the egg mixture, a little at a time folding in gently. When well blended pour into an ungreased pan with center tube. Bake in moderate oven (350-f) for 50 minutes.
SCRIPTURE CAKE
Behold there was a cake baken. I-Kings, 9:16
- ½ cup butter
Judges, 5:25 - 2 cups flour
I-Kings, 4:22 - ½ tsp. salt
Leviticus, 2:13 - 1 cup figs
I-Samuel, 30:12 - 1½ cups sugar
Jeremiah, 6:20 - 2 tsp. baking powder
Luke, 13:21 - ½ cup water
Genesis, 24:11 - 1 cup raisins
I-Samuel, 30:12 - 3 eggs
Isaiah, 10:14 - Cinnamon, mace, cloves
I-Kings, 10:10 - 1 tblsp. honey
Proverbs, 24:13 - ½ cup almonds
Genesis, 43:11
Blend butter, sugar, spices and salt. Beat egg yolks and add. Sift in baking powder and flour, then add the water and honey. Put fruit and nuts thru food chopper and flour well. Follow Solomon’s advice for making good boys—1st clause of Proverbs, 23:14. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake for 1 hour in 375-f oven.
SPICE LAYER CAKE
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup milk
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1 cup chopped raisins
- 2¼ cups flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. cloves
- ½ tsp. nutmeg
- ½ tsp. salt