l be required, sprinkle with
two ounces bitter almonds blanched and shredded fine, mixed with four
ounces sugar, and a teaspoonful powdered cinnamon. Let rise again, and
bake in a moderate oven. Good hot or cold.

_Cream Cake_: (Betsy Vaughn.) Cream together very light two cups butter,
three cups sugar, one cup sweet cream. Add gradually four cups flour
sifted with one teaspoonful baking powder, then fold in the whites of
fourteen eggs beaten very stiff with a pinch of salt. Flavor with bitter
almonds, bake in loaves or layers, and frost with pink icing, flavored
with rose water.

_Sponge Cake_: Beat very light the yolks of seven eggs with three cups
sifted sugar, and a pinch of salt. Add to them gradually a cup of hot
water, then three scant cups flour sifted thrice with two teaspoonfuls
baking powder. Fold in last the stiffly beaten white of the eggs, pour
into greased pans, and bake in a quick oven. The batter must not be too
thin. If the eggs are large only half a cup of water may be requisite.
Flavor with vanilla, putting orange or lemon in the frosting.

_White Sponge Cake_: Beat very stiff six egg-whites, add to them
gradually a cup of sugar, and a cup of flour sifted twice with a
teaspoonful of baking powder. Do not forget a tiny pinch of salt in the
eggs.

_Angel's Food_: Beat to a stiff froth with a pinch of salt, the whites
of eleven eggs. Mix in gradually a cup and a half of powdered sugar,
then add a cup of flour sifted twice with a teaspoonful cream of tartar.
Mix smooth, add the strained juice of half a lemon, pour into a smooth,
ungreased pan, bake in a moderate oven half an hour, take up, turn pan
upside down on a cloth and let stand till the cake falls out.

_Chocolate Cake_: Sift together two cups flour, one cup corn starch, and
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, add to a cup of butter, creamed light
with two cups sugar and one cup sweet cream. Add the stiffly beaten
whites of seven eggs, flavor with vanilla, and bake in layers. For the
filling boil together to a thick syrup, three cups sugar, one cup water,
and half a cake of grated chocolate. Pour upon three egg-whites beaten
very stiff, flavor with vanilla or bitter almond, and spread between
layers.

_Orange Cake_: Cream a cup of butter with two cups sugar, beat into it a
cup of cold water, then add four cups flour thrice sifted with two
teaspoonfuls baking powder, alternate the flour with three well-beaten
eggs. Flavor to taste, bake in layer