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Let them get cold and dry; then pound in a Wedgewood mortar, adding rose-water
as you go. Save about two dozen to shred for the top. Stir the paste into the
icing after it is made; spread between the cooled cakes; make that for the top a
trifle thicker and lay it on heavily. When it has stiffened somewhat, stick the
shred almonds closely over it. Set in the oven to harden, but do not let it
scorch.
COFFEE CAKE.
One cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, one-half cup of molasses,
one cup of strong, cold coffee, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of
cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one cup of raisins or currants, and five
cups of sifted flour. Add the fruit last, rubbed in a little of the flour. Bake
about one hour.
FEATHER CAKE.
One egg, one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of cold butter, half a cup of milk;
one and one-half cups of flour; one teaspoonful of cream tartar; half a
teaspoonful of soda. A nice plain cake--to be eaten while it is fresh. A
spoonful of dried apple sauce or of peach sauce, a spoonful of jelly, the same
of lemon extract, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and spice--ground--or half a cupful
of raisins might be added for a change.
ELECTION CAKE.
Three cups milk, two cups sugar, one cup yeast; stir to a batter, and let stand
over night; in the morning add two cups of sugar, two cups of butter, three
eggs, half a nutmeg, one tablespoonful cinnamon, one pound raisins, a gill of
brandy.
Brown sugar is much better than white for this kind of cake, and it is improved
by dissolving a half-teaspoonful of soda in a tablespoonful of milk in the
morning. It should stand in the greased pans and rise some time until quite
light before baking.
CREAM CAKE.
Four eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, two teacups of sugar, one cup of
sweet cream, two heaping cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of soda; mix two
teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar in the flour before sifting. Add the whites the
last thing before the flour, and stir that in gently without beating.
GOLDEN CREAM-CAKE.
Yolks of eight eggs beaten to the lightest possible cream, two cupfuls of sugar,
a pinch of salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking-powder sifted well with flour.
Bake
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