g, two tablespoons melted butter, two
tablespoons sugar, little salt, one and one fourth cups of sweet milk,
bake in quick oven.

CREWE CAKE.

MISS M. C.

One pound of sugar, one pound of flour, three teaspoons of baking
powder, five eggs, one half pound of butter, a little milk, vanilla or
lemon flavoring.

CHRISTMAS CAKE.

MRS. GEORGE M. CRAIG.

One cup melted butter, one cup milk, one cup sugar, one cup molasses,
six eggs, six cups of flour, two pounds of currants, two pounds raisins,
two ounces peel, one teaspoonful of Durkee's baking powder to every cup
of flour.

COCOANUT CAKE. (Splendid.)

MISS. BEEMER.

Two cups of sugar and one half cup of butter beaten to a cream, slowly
add one cup of milk; mix two teaspoonfuls of baking powder with three
cups of flour, add this gradually, mixing and then beating, finally the
whites of six eggs beaten to a stiff froth and one teaspoonful of lemon
extract. This can be made in layers (three) or baked in a square pan.

ICING.

Whites of two eggs, one half pound of cocoanut, and enough powdered
sugar to make it sufficiently stiff, one teaspoonful lemon extract.

CREAM CAKE.

MRS. W. R. DEAN.

One cup of butter, one cup of cream or sour milk, two cups of sugar,
three cups of flour, four eggs, one teaspoon soda mixed in vinegar and
stirred in at the last. Bake in shallow tins.

RAILROAD CAKE.

One tea-cup flour, one ditto of sugar, two teaspoons cream of tartar,
one half teaspoon of soda, four eggs. This will form a thick batter.
Butter pan and bake about ten minutes.

MOUNTAIN CAKE.

One pound of sugar, one pound of flour, one half pound well beaten
butter, one cup sweet milk, six eggs, one teaspoon cream of tartar, one
half teaspoon soda dissolved in the milk.

MOUNTAIN CAKE.

MRS. BENSON BENNETT.

Three fourths cup of butter and two cups of sugar beaten to a cream,
four eggs beaten very light, three cups of flour with two teaspoonfuls
of cream of tartar, one half cup of sweet milk with one teaspoonful of
baking soda, bake about twenty-five minutes.

MARBLE CAKE.

MRS. W. R. DEAN.

One cup white sugar, one fourth cup butter, three eggs (whites and yolks
beaten separately) one half cup milk, two cups of flour, two teaspoons
baking powder. Separate this batter into three parts. In one part put a
square of chocolate dissolved in a little hot water, in another part
put one teaspoon cochineal to color it. Take a spoonful of each co