CAKES, 385 



^uick oven ; when done set on edge to cool ; the softer they are rolled out the 

 better they will be. Add a little lemon extract if you like. 



Jumbles, or Sand Tarts.— Sugar, 2 cups; eggs, 4; sweet milk, i^ 

 cup; baking powder, 2 tea-spoonsful; flour, Dikection&— Use flour enough, 

 only, to make as cookies; then sprinkle on sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, and 

 bake in a quick oven. 



Remarks.— ^TpnukWug the sugar and spices upon the surface gives them a 

 sandy appearance, and hence some cooks call them sand tarts. 



Soft Jumbles.— Butter, 1 cup; sugar, 2 cups; 2 eggs; sour or sweet 

 milk, 1 cup; flour, 4 to 4)^ cups; soda, 1 tea-spoonful, scant; cream of tartar, 

 2 tea-spoonfuls; vanilla ex.. 1 tea-spoonful. DraECTioNS— Cream the sugar 

 and butter, and add one-half the milk, in which the vanilla has been put; then 

 one-half the flour, then the beaten eggs; then the otlier half of the flour into 

 which the cream of tartar has been mixed by sifting together; lastly the other 

 half of the milk in which the soda has been dissolved. Make in small cakes 

 and bake quickly 



iZewiarfe.- Jumbles are always to be sprinkled with sugar, or rolled ia 

 sugar. For me the more sugar the better is the jumble. 



Bich Jumble. — Sugar and butter, 1 lb. each; cream together, with 4 

 eggs; then mix in 1^^ lbs. of flour. Directions— Roll in powdered sugar, 

 iay on buttered tins and bake in a quick oven. 



Remarks. — Coffee sugar, 2% cups, equal 1 pound. Butter, 2 cups, equal 

 1 pound; and flour, 3 cups, make 1 pound. Common sized tea-cups are in- 

 tended But, for large families, the largest coffee cup may be taken, as the 

 proportions would be the same, except that the soda and cream of tartar (when 

 used) should be increased accordingly. 



Muffins for Tea.— Flour, 3 cups; baking powder, 2 tea-spoonfuls; 3 

 eggs; melted butter, 2 table-spoonfuls; sweet milk, 1 pt. ; a little salt. Direc- 

 tions — Sift flour and baking powder together, stir in the egg and butter, then 

 the milk. Bake in rings, in a quick oven. 



Muffins.— Milk, 1 pt. ; yeast, J^ cup; salt, a very little; flour, sufficient 

 to make a batter. Directions — When light, cook in rings upon the stove. 



Mush Muffins.— Take cold mush, made in the ordinary way, thin with 

 milk, 1 qt.; 7 eggs, and butter the size of an egg; a little salt; then bring to 

 the proper consistency with wheat flour. Bake in rings. 



Remarks. — Very nice and healthful to thicken with graham flour. If these 

 are not as light as some may choose, put a little baking powder in the flour. 



Hermits.— Brown sugar, IJ^cups; 3 eggs; butter, 1 cup; raisins, chop- 

 ped, 1 cup; sour milk, 2 table-spoonfuls ; soda, 1 tea-spoonful; cinnamon, nut- 

 meg, cloves, and allspice, of each 3^ tea-spoonful; flour enough to roll out; cut 

 as in cookies. 



Apple Fruit Cake.— Dried apples, 1 cup; molasses, 1 cup; 1 egg; 

 sugar, 1^ cup; milk, % cup; flour, 2% cups; baking powder, 1 tea-spoonful. 

 DiRECTiGNS— Soak the apples over night, then steam imtil soft; then simmei 



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