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Some Good Cakes. 
Old-fashioned Cinnamon Cake.—When 
you bake your bread, take about one 
quart of sponge in a pan large enough 
to raise it in. Add one large coffee cup¬ 
ful of soft white sugar, three-quarters 
of a cupful of lukewarm water, butter 
about the size of an egg, melted in the 
water, and two eggs. Mix all with 
enough flour to make a nice soft dough. 
Let it rise until light (say, from three 
to four hours), then put it into four pie 
plates. Let it rise again until the pans 
are full. Bake in moderate oven. About 
thirty minutes will bake them. When 
done, wet them with sugar water, 
sprinkle granulated sugar and cinnamon 
on top and put back into oven for a few 
minutes until sugar has frosted. 
Birthday Cake.—One-half cup of but¬ 
ter, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of 
milk, one and one-half cups of flour, 
one tcaspoonful of baking powder, the 
whites pf four eggs. Mix as usual, 
flavor with one-half tcaspoonful of van¬ 
illa and half the grated rind of a lemon. 
One pound of London layer raisins, one- 
half pound sultanas, one-half pound of 
dates (chopped), one-half pound of figs, 
one-half pound of blanched almonds, 
one-eighth pound of citron, shredded; 
one-fourth pound of candied orange and 
lemon peel together, shredded. Use an 
additional cup of flour to dredge the 
fruit. Add fruit to the dough, bake in 
a paper-lined cake pan, having tube in 
the center. Bake in a slow oven. 
Daisy Cake.—This is made in two 
colors; for the white part take two 
cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls sour 
cream, two teaspoonfuls of soda, and 
the whites of six eggs beaten to a 
stiff froth. Whip the cream and sugSr 
together and stir in the soda; then flour 
enough to make a good batter, and 
lastly the beaten whites. Flavor with 
almond. For the yellow part, stir a cup 
of sugar with a cup of sour cream; add 
a teaspoonful of soda, the yolks of four 
eggs beaten very light and a teaspoon¬ 
ful of vanilla and flour enough to make 
a good cake batter. Bake the white 
part in two layers and the yellow in 
one and use orange icing for putting 
together. 
Hermits.—One egg, a cup of granu¬ 
lated sugar browned on the fire, one- 
half cup of butter, the same quantity 
of sour milk, a teaspoonful of soda, a 
cupful of chopped raisins, a teaspoonful 
of cinnamon and a saltspoonful of salt, 
flour to make soft dough; mix, cut in 
forms and bake in a moderate oven. 
Almond Hermits.—One cupful of but¬ 
ter, worked to a cream with two cup¬ 
fuls of sugar; two eggs; three even 
cupfuls of flour sifted twice with a 
teaspoonful of baking powder; half a 
teaspoonful of g-ound mace; three 
dozen almonds, blanched, dried and 
split in half. Having creamed the but¬ 
ter and sugar, work in the beaten yolks, 
the spice, then the frothed whites and 
the flour alternately. The dough must 
be just soft enough to roll out. Make 
the rolled sheet less than half an inch 
thick; cut round; wash lightly with 
the white of egg; press half an almond 
into the heart of each cake and sift 
granulated sugar on top. Bake in a quick 
overt. 
■ Chocolate Cream Cake.—One cup of 
sugar and one-half cup butter creamed 
together, one cup of milk, one-half tea¬ 
spoonful vanilla, three level teaspoons 
baking powder sifted in one and three- 
quarter cups of flour, stiffly beaten 
whites of three eggs. Bake in two lay¬ 
ers. Filling— 1 . Whites of three eggs, 
three cups of confectioner’s sugar, sifted, 
and one teaspoon of vanilla. Put the 
eggs in a large bowl, sprinkle with part 
of the sugar. Beat with a perforated 
wooden spoon, adding more sugar as 
needed. Filling— 2 . Boil two cups of 
granulated sugar, one cup of milk, one 
tablespoon of butter and three table¬ 
spoons of grated chocolate together un¬ 
til it will form a soft ball in water. 
Frost the lower cake with the chocolate, 
pile half the white filling on, then cover 
top with chocolate. Treat the second 
layer in the same manner. This is de¬ 
licious. 
Walnut Mocha Cake.—Stir together 
one-half cupful of butter, one cupful 
of sugar, one-half cupful of coffee in¬ 
fusion, one and three-quarters cupfuls 
of sifted flour, one and a half teaspoon¬ 
fuls (level) of baking powder, the stiffly 
beaten whites of three eggs and three- 
quarters of a cupful of walnut meats 
broken into pieces. Bake in small pans 
about twenty-five minutes and frost 
with confectioners’ sugar stirred to the 
spreading consistency with thick cream; 
flavor with vanilla. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
The simple, yet attractive, house gown 
is one that is always in demand. Here 
is a model which is simplicity itself, yet 
it is eminently smart. The waist is cut 
in one with the sleeves, and the closing 
is made at the left of the front. The 
skirt is narrow, without exaggeration, 
of a belt. The sleeves can be gathered 
into cuffs or left free as liked. For 
the medium size will be required 7 
yards of material 27, 5% yards 36 or 
424 yards 44 inches wide with 24 yard 
27 inches wide for the trimming. The 
pattern No. 6914 is cut in sizes for a 34, 
36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure; 
price 10 cents. 
The smaller pictures show 6865, 
blouse waist for misses and small 
women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 3 yards of 
material 21 or 24 inches wide, yard 
36, l-)4 yard 44, with 24 yard of plait¬ 
ing for frill, for 16 year size. 6899, fancy 
waist, 34 to 42 bust. 224 yards of ma¬ 
terial 27 inches wide, 124 yard 36 or 44, 
1 yard of all-over, 24 yard of velvet, for 
medium size. 6901, long coat, 34 to 44 
bust. 8% yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 5 y 2 yards 44 inches wide, 4 yards 
52 inches wide, 124 yard for facing, for 
medium size. 6898, four-piece skirt, 22 
to 32. 524 yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 4 yards 44 inches wide, 2)4 yards 
52 inches wide, when material has figure 
or nap, 524 yards 27 inches wide, 224 
yards 44, or 52 inches wide when ma¬ 
terial has neither figure nor nap, width 
of skirt at lower edge 224 yards, for 
medium size. 6866 child's dress, 2, 4 and 
6 years. 324 yards of material 24 or 27 
inches wide, 3 yards 36, 224 yards 44, 
for 4 year size. Price of each pattern 
10 cents. 
6914 House Dress with Four Gored 
Skirt, with Box Plait or Gathered 
Back, 34 to 42 bust. 
and the gown is attractive and becom¬ 
ing. The neck can be cut out to form 
a square, as in this case, or finished 
with a rolled-over collar. The skirt can 
be made with a box plait or with gath¬ 
ers at the back. The dress consists of 
waist and skirt. The waist is cut in 
one with the sleeves and has only the 
center back and undcr-arm seams to be 
sewed up. The skirt is made in four 
gores and the two are joined by means 
Freshening Up Window Shades. 
Since everything in the kitchen must 
have frequent and thorough cleaning, 
we think there are no better window 
shades for that room than homemade 
ones of bleached cotton cloth. W?e 
buy good fixtures and get cloth the 
right width. But if one have a narrow 
window for which even the narrowest 
cotton is too wide, make even hems on 
both sides, turning the cloth but once, 
and the roller will work all right. In 
any case we do not tack the curtain 
directly on the roller, but have a strip 
of wide tape tacked there permanently 
and pin the shade, with ten or a dozen 
pins to this tape. It takes but a moment, 
on washing day, to unpin the shade, and 
the tape remains tacked evenly on its 
line and ready to have the freshly 
ironad curtain repinned in place before 
it gets wrinkled or folded. To speak 
more exactly, we take down the shades 
the evening before washing day and 
plunge them into clear cold water to 
rinse out the dust, which is such a 
killer of soapsuds. The shades are 
startched slightly, and go up again look¬ 
ing fresh and tidy as new. 
Most of us dislike the fuss of chang¬ 
ing an old window shade top to bot¬ 
tom, yet once we set about the task the 
labor proves light, the result rewarding. 
Place the shade upon the table, remove 
the stick and either cut off or rip out 
the hem. It is best not to shorten the 
shade unless the stitching has so weak¬ 
ened the fabric that it seems likely to 
tear. A little extra length about the 
roller at top may never be seen, yet it 
prevents the shade being pulled from the 
roller. Trim this end to a straight line 
perfectly parallel with the old hem. Now 
roll up till the roller is laid bare. With 
a stiff knife remove the tacks, saving 
them to be used again. Cut a half inch 
from the shade to get rid of the tack 
holes, make a new hem and slip in the 
stick. Again roll the shade till the op¬ 
posite end is reached. You have now 
but to tack the straight end there to the 
roller, keeping it exactly along the pencil 
line on the wood, and using the same 
tiny tacks, as larger ones are liable to 
injure the spring inside the roller. If 
you have kept your lines straight with 
the old ones and the shade hung well 
before it will hang just as evenly now. 
By cutting a sixteenth of an inch strip 
from each edge of the shade a frayed 
look is removed and the curtain not 
perceptibly narrowed. 
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