Icing
| 3 cups brown sugar 1 cup sweet milk 3 large tablespoons butter |
Boil until it will make a ball in cold water. Then beat until thick enough to spread on cake. Flavor with vanilla.
Filling for Cake
| 3 grated apples 1 cup sugar 1 egg |
Juice and grated rind of an orange or lemon. Let it come to a boil.
Delicious Nut Cake
Old English Recipe, year 1600
Coffee cup is used for measure.
| 2 cups of sugar rolled fine or sifted 1 cup of butter—creamed together 3 cups of flour—sifted 4 times 1 cup of cold water 4 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately 2 large cups of walnut chopped or rolled 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar—level measure |