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and 1 teaspoonful of dissolved soda. Flour enough to drop.
29. Potato Cake. 2 cupfuls of powdered sugar, 1 cupful of butter, 4 eggs, 1/2
pound of sweet chopped almonds, 2 ounces of grated chocolate (sweet), 1 cupful
of grated not freshly boiled potatoes, 1 1/2 cupfuls of sweet milk, 1 grated
lemon peel, 1/2 teaspoonful of cinnamon, cloves and allspice, 2 1/2 cupfuls of
flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Bake for two hours in a slow oven.
30. Coffee Cake. 1 cupful of brown sugar, 1 cupful of molasses, 1/2 cupful of
butter, 1 cupful of strong coffee, 1 egg, 4 even cupfuls of flour, 1 heaping
teaspoonful of soda sifted with the flour, cinnamon, cloves, 2 pounds of
raisins, and 1/4 pound of citron. Beat the butter, sugar and eggs together, add
spices, molasses and coffee, then the flour and lastly the fruit. Bake for one
hour in a moderate oven.
31. Drop Cakes. Beat the yolks of 4 eggs, 1 cupful of sugar, 1/2 cupful of
butter, 1 cupful of cornstarch and 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder together.
Then lightly stir in the beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in small tins; a raisin
or almond can be placed on the top of each cake after they are put into the
tins.
32. Lady Fingers. Beat together 2 eggs, 1 cupful of sugar, 1/2 cupful of butter,
then stir in 4 tablespoonfuls of sweet milk. Add enough flour to make a stiff
dough, which can be stirred with a spoon, mixing with the flour 2 tablespoonfuls
of baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. Flour the moulding board well, and with
your hand take a piece of the dough and roll as large as your finger, cut off in
4-inch lengths, and put closely on buttered lady finger tins. Bake in a quick
oven.
33. Jumbles No. 1. Stir 3/4 cupfuls of butter, 1 1/2 cupfuls of sugar, and 3
eggs together, then add 3 tablespoonfuls of milk, and 1 teaspoonful of baking
powder. Roll, and sprinkle with granulated sugar, which should be gently rolled
in. Cut with a jumble cutter and bake quickly.
34. Jumbles No. 2. 2 cupfuls of sugar, 1 scant table spoonful of melted butter,
1cupful of milk, 2 teaspoonfuls
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