d layer, put on the remaining jelly
and bananas; mix the whipped cream with 1 tablespoonful fine sugar
and a little vanilla, cover the whole cake with cream, or take 1
pint of whipped cream and put half of the cream between the layers
and the remaining over the top, and serve.

+Neapolitan Cake.+-- Roll out some puff paste to 1/8 inch in thickness,
cut it into 3 strips 5 inches wide and about 10 inches long; moisten
a large shallow tin pan with cold water, put in the strips, dust
them with powdered sugar, and bake in a medium-hot oven. When done
and cold, cover 1 strip with boiled vanilla cream (see recipe No.
139), put over this the second strip, and spread over some currant
jelly; lay on the third strip. Mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar with 1
tablespoonful boiling water and a few drops of lemon juice, pour it
over the cake, and set aside till firm.

+One-Egg Cake.+-- One cup sugar, 1 egg, a piece of butter the size of
a walnut, 2 scant cups of flour sifted with 1 heaping teaspoonful
baking powder, 1/2 teaspoonful extract of lemon or vanilla, 1 cup of
milk; rub butter and flour together, add the sugar, milk, and egg;
mix into a batter, butter a square pan, dust with flour, put in the
mixture, and bake in a medium-hot oven till done. This mixture may
be baked in 3 small jelly tins, and when done lay them over one
another with jelly marmalade or cream between them; or bake it in a
pan 12 inches long and 8 inches wide and 1-1/2 inch deep. When done,
cut the cake in half, lay them over one another with jelly or cream
between, then mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 teaspoonful
lemon juice and 2 tablespoonfuls boiling water, stir until smooth,
pour the icing over the cake, and let stand till firm.

For a chocolate cake, bake the cake the same way, then mix 1 cup of
powdered sugar with the white of 1 egg; melt 4 ounces Baker's
chocolate, add it to the sugar, mix all together, put half of it
between the cake, and spread the remaining over the top of the cake.

For a strawberry shortcake, bake the mixture in 2 small well
buttered and floured jelly tins, wash and mash 1 quart of
strawberries, mix with 1/2 cup sugar, put half of them between the 2
layers, and the remainder on top; serve with cream or vanilla sauce,
or put some whipped cream over the strawberries.

+Spice Cake.+-- Three fourths cup butter, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup
sugar, 3 eggs, 3 cups flour sifted with 1-1/2 teaspoonful baking
powder, 1-1/2 teaspoonful cinnamo