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cochineal. It will be a delicate pink. Bake in jelly-cake tins, and lay first
the white, then the dark, then the pink one on top of the others; put together
with frosting between. It makes quite a fancy cake. Frost the top when cool.
GOLDEN SPICE-CAKE.
This cake can be made to advantage when you have the yolks of eggs left, after
having used the whites in making white cake.
Take the yolks of seven eggs, and one whole egg, two cupfuls of brown sugar, one
cupful of molasses, one cupful of butter, one large coffee-cupful of sour milk,
one teaspoonful of soda, (just even full), and five cupfuls of flour, one
teaspoonful of ground cloves, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls of
ginger, one nutmeg, and a small pinch of Cayenne pepper; beat eggs, sugar and
butter to a light batter before putting in the molasses; then add the molasses,
flour and milk; beat it well together, and bake in a moderate oven; if fruit is
used, take two cupfuls of raisins, flour them well and put them in last.
ALMOND CAKE.
One-half cupful butter, two cupfuls sugar, four eggs, one-half cupful almonds,
blanched--by pouring water on them until skins easily slip off--and cut in fine
shreds, one-half teaspoonful extract bitter almonds, one pint flour, one and
one-half teaspoonful baking-powder, one glass brandy, one-half cupful milk. Rub
butter and sugar to a smooth with cream; add eggs, one at a time, beating three
or four minutes between each. Sift flour and powder together, add to the butter,
etc., with almonds, extract of bitter almonds, brandy, and milk; mix into a
smooth, medium batter; bake carefully in rather a hot oven twenty minutes.
ROCHESTER JELLY CAKE.
One and one-half cups sugar, two eggs, one-half cup butter, three-fourths cup
milk, two heaping cups flour with one teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half
teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in the milk. Put half the above mixture in a
small shallow tin, and to the remainder add one teaspoonful molasses, one-half
cup raisins (chopped) or currants, one-half teaspoonful cinnamon, cloves,
allspice, and a little nutmeg, and one tablespoonful flour. Bake this in same
kind of tins. Put the sheets of cake together while warm, with jelly between.
FRUIT LAYER CAKE.
This is a delicious novelty in cake-making. Take one cup of sugar, half a cup of
butter, one cup and a half of flour, half a cup of wine, one cup of raisins,
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