THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
instead of butter. We had stopped churning 
and had some cream on hand which I wished 
to use in that way. Rut I found only a gin¬ 
ger cake and a fruit cake recipe among them 
all. As I did not wish to make the fruit cake 
and we think our ginger cake cannot be im¬ 
proved upon, I was obliged to fall back upon 
my mother’s old recipe for cup cake. Will 
not some one give me the proportion of cream 
to a cup of butter? Perhaps, if I had con¬ 
sulted back Rubals, I should have had better 
luck, as it seems impossible that farmers’ 
wives should prefer butter to cream. Here 
are a few tested recipes: 
MOTHER’S COP CAKE. 
Ouo egg, one cup of sour cream, one cup of 
sugar, one teaspoonful of saleratus. Salt, if 
butter is not used. 
SPONGE C.INGEU CAKE. 
Two cups of molasses, two eggs, two cups of 
butter, two teaspoonfuls of ginger aud the 
same of other spices if liked, four cups of 
flour, three teaspoonfuls of soda iu a cup of 
cold water. Beat well and bake as soou as 
mixed. The quality of molasses, flour, etc., 
makes a difference, but we rnako it quite soft. 
We use saleratus instead of soda. 
BREAD. CAKE. 
Two cups wheat bread sponge, two eggs, 
one-half cup of butter aud lard mixed, one cup 
of sugar, one teaspoonful cinnamon,one-fourth 
teaspoonful saleratus, and flour enough to 
make as still as plain cup cake. Let rise till 
very light, put. in a shallow, greased pan aud 
let rise again, sprinkle ground ciunamouand 
sugar on top, aud bake. This is a favorite cake 
at our house. 
PLAIN FRUIT CAKE. 
Stew one-and-one-lmlf cup of dried apples 
chopped flue in one-and-onc-half cup of mo¬ 
lasses for two hours. Use as much other dried 
fruit as you choose. Add one-and-one-half 
cup of sugar, three-fourths cup of butter, three- 
fourths cup of cream, three-fourths cup of 
sour milk, three eggs, a teaspoonful each of 
cinnamon, cloves aud allspice, three-and-three- 
fourtlis cups of flour, one-and-a-half teaspoon¬ 
ful of soda. 
COOKIES THAT KEEP IF NOT EATEN. 
Three eggs, one cup of butter, two cups of 
sugar, one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved iu a 
tablespoonful of milk, one-half of a nutmeg. 
Sprinkle sugar ou before cutting. Add all 
the flour ut the same time. 
TAPIOCA PUDDING. 
Soak three even teaspoonfuls of tapioca iu 
a small cup of cold water one hour. Then add 
a scant quart of milk, five tablespoonfuls of 
sugar, one egg, aud the yelks of two others, 
and a pinch of salt. Bake In a moderate oven. 
m::,KN knapp garuett (Zena Claybourue). 
breakfast muffins. 
Potato. Take one large cupful of warm, 
mashed potatoes and beat them smoothly 
with two ounces of butter; add a pinch of 
salt aud warm water enough to make them of 
the consistency of cream. Stir in three 
beaten eggs, aud three pints of sifted flour al¬ 
ternately with a pint of lukewarm water, 
lastly a small teaspoonful of soda dissolved in 
warm water, and a teacupful of yeast, or its 
equivalent, one yeast cake dissolved in that 
quantity of water. Set to rise over-night, 
and bake iu the morning m muffin rings on a 
griddle. 
SPANISH ONIONS. 
These are eousidered a great delicacy by 
many, and may be prepared in a variety of 
delirious ways. 
Baked. H ash und trim six medium-sized 
Spanish onions, and without removing the 
skins i ufc them into enough slightly suited 
boiling water to just cover them; simmer 
very gently for au hour. Remove from the 
fire mid drain them well, w rapping each in a 
piece of white paper. Place side by side iu a 
baking puu and bake for au hour in a moder¬ 
ate oven. Take them out, remove the skins, 
ami pour a cream sauce or some good gravy 
over them. 
Stuffed aud baked. Peel and parboil half a 
dozen Spanish onions. When partially cool 
take out the centers and till the cavities with 
a force-meat made by mixing one ounce of 
grated cheese, the yelks of two hard-boiled 
eggs and three ounces of fine bread crumbs 
with one ounce of butter, a little salt aud 
cayenne, and enough cream to moisten the 
mixture. Brush the unions over with beaten 
egg, strew thickly with crumbs and browufor 
half an hour. Pour some kind of thickeued 
gravy arouuil t hem and serve. 
Stulted and stewed. Trim mid peel the 
onions ami cut u piece off the top of each. 
Extract the centers and mince very finely 
with one ounce of bacon, and a quarter of a 
pound of lean beef, (let your butcher to 
mince the end of your porter house steak for 
this, or take a little hamburger steak which 
comes already chopped. Add two ounces of 
butter, and half a cup of bread crumbs, the 
beaten yelk of an egg, some chopped parsley 
and a seasoning of salt aud eayenne. Fill the 
ouions with this, lay them in a saucepan, pour 
on a cup of good gravy, and add one apple 
pared and chopped. Stew slowly for three 
hours or until very tender, remove to a hot' 
dish, thicken the sauce slightly, and pour 
around them. mus. a. g. 
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