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Mix together flour, soda, raisins, and nuts. Put butter, molasses, and 

 sugar into a saucepan, and boil the mixture for one minute after boiling 

 commences. Beat the eggs and stir the boiling mixture into them, stirring 

 vigorously. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients, and mix thoroughly. 

 This recipe makes one loaf of cake which can be kept for a long time. 



Spice cake 



I egg 



^ cupful sugar 



I cupful molasses 



^ cupful sour milk 



^ teaspoonful soda stirred into 



milk 

 if cupful flour 



teaspoonfuls baking powder 



teaspoonful cloves 



teaspoonful cinnamon 



teaspoonful allspice 



cupful shortening 

 cupful raisins, cut into small 

 pieces and floured lightly 



Mix the ingredients in the order in which they are given. This recipe 

 may be varied by omitting the raisins and adding nuts, currants, or 

 citron. 



Nut spice cake 



^ cupful butter 



I cupful brown sugar 



^ cupful molasses 



Yolks 4 eggs 



I cupful sour milk 



^ teaspoonful soda 



25 cupfuls flour 



i^ teaspoonful baking powder 



^ teaspoonful cloves 



I teaspoonful cinnamon 



J nutmeg, grated 



I cupful raisins 



^ cupful currants 



^ cupful English walnut meats 



Sweet milk and 3^ teaspoonfuls baking powder may be used instead 

 of sour milk and soda. It will be noted that this recipe differs from 

 the one given above for spice cake in the amount of each essential ingre- 

 dients except molasses and fat. Each one of these recipes, however, 

 is well balanced and cake made by either of them will keep moist for 

 several days. 



Cofee cake 



3 cupfuls flour 



I pound raisins 1 or 2 pounds 



I pound currants j raisins 



I teaspoonful cinnamon 



I teaspoonful cloves 



1 cupful butter 



2 cupfiils brown sugar 

 5 eggs 



I cupful black coffee 

 I teaspoonful soda 



\ teaspoonful allspice 



