of finely chopped and stoned prunes.

Mix in the fruit well and then grease and flour a round pudding pan
and line with three thicknesses of greased and floured paper. Pour
in the cake mixture and cover the top of the cake with a well-greased
paper. Now set the pan containing the cake in a large baking pan,
which contains about three cups of boiling water. Place in a slow oven
and bake for two and one-half hours. Remove and let cool and then turn
from the pan and brush the paper with boiling water to remove. Now to
ripen or age.

CHEAP FRUIT CAKE

Place in a saucepan

One cup of syrup,
One cup of coffee,
One-half cup of shortening,
One-half cup of cocoa,
One-half cup of brown sugar,
One package of raisins,
One and one-half cups of finely chopped peanuts,
Two teaspoons of cinnamon,
One-half teaspoon of nutmeg,
One-half teaspoon of allspice,
One-half teaspoon of cloves.

Bring to a boil and then set back on the stove and let cook very
slowly for ten minutes. Turn into a mixing bowl and let cool. Now add
five cups of sifted flour, four level tablespoons of baking powder;
beat to thoroughly mix and then turn into well-greased and floured pan
and bake in a slow oven for fifty-five minutes. Cool and store as for
Rumanian fruit cake.

WHITE FRUIT CAKE

Which is commonly called the Bride's Cake.

Eight ounces of creamery butter,
Two cupfuls of sugar.

Cream together until frothy and like snow, and then add, one at a
time, six eggs, then add

Five cupfuls of sifted flour,
Two level tablespoonfuls baking powder,
One cupful of seeded raisins,
One cupful of currants,
One cupful of finely chopped citron,
One and one-quarter cups of milk,
One cupful of finely chopped nuts.

Beat to mix and then bake in a slow oven in a prepared pan one and
one-half hours. To prepare the pan, grease and flour the pan and then
line it with greased and floured paper.

WHITE POUND CAKE

Four ounces of butter,
One and one-half cups of sugar.

Cream until light and frothy, and then add

One cupful of milk,
Three and one-half cupfuls of flour,
Four teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
One teaspoonful of almond extract,
One-half teaspoonful of mace.

Beat for five minutes to blend and then cut and fold in the stiffly
beaten whites of five eggs. Bake in prepared pans for one hour in a
moderate oven. Use the pans prepared the same as for the fruit cake.
Golden cake may be