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ened with honey does not dry out like sugar or molasses cake, and age 

 improves or develops the honey-flavor. This recipe has been used with 

 unvarying success and satisfaction for 100 years in the family that reports. 

 A j-ear's supply of this cake can be made up at one time, if desired. 



Maria Fraser's Honey-Jumbles — Two cups honey, 1 cup butter, 4 

 eggs (mix well), 1 cup buttermilk (mix), 1 good quart of flour, 1 level 

 tcaspoonful soda or saleratus. If it is too thl,,, stir in a little more flour. 

 If too thin it will fall. It does not want to be as thin as sugar-cake. Use 

 very thick honey. Be sure to use the same cup for measui-e. Be sure to 

 rai-x the honey, eggs and butter well together. 



Honey Fruit-Cake — Take I3/2 cups of honey, 2/3 cup of butter, Vi 

 cup of sweet milk, 3 eggs well beaten, 3 cups of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of 

 baking-powder, 2 cups raisins, 1 teaspoonful each of cloves and cinnamon. 



IIoxEV Ginger-Snaps — One pint honey, ^ pound of butter, 2 tea- 

 spoonfuls of ginger, boil together a few minutes, and when nearly cold 

 put in flour until it is stiff, roil out thinly and bake quickly. 



^Irs. Minnick's Soft Honey-Cake — Put scant teaspoonful soda in 

 teacup, pour 5 tablespoonfuls hot water on the soda; then fill the cup with 

 extracted honey. Take V2 cup of butter and 1 egg and beat together; add 

 2 cups of flour and 1 teaspoonful of ginger; stir all together, and bake in a 

 rery slow oven. 



Honey-Cake — One quart of extracted honey, J^ pint sugar, J^ pint 

 melted butter, 1 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in >4 teacup of warm water, 

 H of a nutmeg and 1 teaspoonful of ginger. Mix these ingredients, and 

 then work in flour and roll. Cut in thin cakes and bake on buttered tins in 

 a quick oven. 



REMEDIES USING HONEY 



Honey and Tar Cough-Curf, — Put 1 tablespoonful liquid tar into a 

 shallow tin dish, and place it in boiling water until the tar is hot. To this 

 add a pint of extracted honey, and stir well for half an hour, adding to it 

 a level teaspoonful pulverized borax. Keep well corked in a bottle. Dose, 

 1 teaspoonful every one, two, or three hours, according to severity of 

 cough. 



Honey as a Tape- Worm Remedy — Peeled pumpkin seeds, 3 ounces; 

 honey, 2 ounces; water, 8 ounces. Make an emulsion. Take half, fasting, 

 in the morning, remaining half an hour later. In three hours' time two 

 ounces castor-oil should be administered. Used with great success. — Med- 

 ical Brief. 



