take from pan and cool. Just before serving split the
cake and fill with a cooked cream filling or with sweet thick cream
beaten, sweetened with powdered sugar and flavored to the taste.

~CREAM LAYER CAKE~--Cream one-quarter cup of butter well with one cup of
sugar, add the yolks of three eggs beaten light, one-half cup of milk,
then one and one-half cups of flour sifted twice with three level
teaspoons of baking powder. Stir in lightly last of all the whites of
three eggs beaten stiff. Bake in a pan large enough to make one thin
cake and bake. Cool and split, then spread on one-half pint of cream
beaten light, sweetened, and flavored with a few drops of vanilla. Put
on the top cake and dust with powdered sugar.

~DATE CAKE~--Sift two cups of flour with four level teaspoons of baking
powder, one-half level teaspoon of salt and one-quarter cup of butter.
Beat one egg, add three-quarters cup of milk and mix into the
ingredients. Add last one and one-half cups of dates stoned and cut
into small pieces and rolled in flour. Bake in a sheet in a moderate
oven and serve warm or with a liquid sauce as a pudding.

~EGGLESS CAKE~--One and one-half cups sugar, one cup sour milk, three
cups sifted flour, one-half cup shortening, one teaspoon soda, one-half
teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon nutmeg, one cup chopped raisins,
salt.

~FEATHER CAKE~--Sift one cup of sugar, two cups of sifted flour, three
level teaspoons of baking powder and a few grains of salt. Add one cup
of milk, one well beaten egg, three tablespoons of melted butter and a
teaspoon of vanilla or lemon flavoring or a level teaspoon of mixed
spices. Beat hard and bake in a loaf in a moderate oven about half an
hour.

~FIG CAKE~--Two cupfuls of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, one
cupful of milk, four even cupfuls of flour, five eggs, two teaspoonfuls
of cream of tartar, one of soda, sifted with the flour, mix the butter
and sugar until creamed, add the unbeaten yolks of the eggs, add the
milk and the flour slowly, beating all the time, lastly the whites of
the eggs. Flavor two cupfuls of chopped figs and mix in. Bake quickly.

~FIG LAYER CAKE~--Cream one-quarter cup of butter with one cup of sugar,
add one beaten egg, one cup of milk, two cups of flour sifted twice with
four teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in layer tins.

For the filling-chop one-half pound of figs fine, add one-half cup of
sugar and one-quarter cup of cold water. Cook in a