The Blue Grass Cook Book

page 265

comes to a boil, take off and stir till cold. Put between layers of cake.

      SIMPLE WHITE CUP CAKE
Miss Annie Lyle

  5 eggs,

  1 cup of butter,

  1 cup of milk,

  3 cups of flour after sifting,

  2 cups of sugar,

  2 teaspoons baking-powder.

      SPICE CAKE
Miss Annie White

  4 teacups flour,

  1 good teacup of butter,

  3 teacups sugar,

  4 eggs,

  1 teaspoon soda in 1 cup of sour milk or cream,

  1/2 tablespoon each of nutmeg, allspice, mace, cinnamon, and cloves.

Cream butter and sugar. Break the 4 eggs over it and beat. Add milk and soda,
and put in gradually flour and the spices. Drop with spoon in pans and ice with
white icing and flavor with lemon.

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