t do not beat. The batter will be quite thin.
Do not grease the tins. No flavoring is used. Bake in two square layer
tins, put together with any icing preferred. Bake in a moderate oven.
This is a good, economical cake to bake when yolks of eggs have been
used for other purposes.

MARY'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

One-half cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of sweet milk and 1/2 cup of
grated, unsweetened chocolate. Boil all together until thick as cream;
allow it to cool.

Mix 1/2 cup of butter with 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Add two beaten
eggs, 2/3 of a cup of sweet milk and vanilla flavoring to taste. Beat
this into the boiled mixture and add 2 cups of flour sifted with 2
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Bake in three layers and put together
with chocolate icing, or cocoa filling.

COCOA FILLING.

1-1/2 cups pulverized sugar.
1 tablespoonful butter, melted.
2-1/2 tablespoonfuls cocoa.

Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix to a smooth paste with
cold coffee. Flavor with vanilla and spread on cake. Tins cocoa
filling should not be boiled.

A CHEAP ORANGE CAKE

2 eggs.
1-1/2 cupfuls sugar.
1 large tablespoonful butter.
1 cup milk.
2 cups flour sifted with 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Juice and grated yellow rind of half an orange.

Bake in moderate oven in loaf or layers. If a loaf cake, ice top and
sides with the following icing:

1-1/2 cupfuls pulverized sugar, 1 tablespoonful warm water and grated
rind and juice of half an orange. Mix all together to a cream and
spread over cake.

FRAU SCHMIDT'S MOLASSES CAKE

1 pint of New Orleans molasses.
3/4 cup butter and lard, mixed.
4 eggs.
1 cup sour milk
2 good teaspoonfuls soda.
4 cups flour.
Grated rind of 1 orange.

Bake in a long dripping pan, cut out in square pieces, or it may be
baked in a large pan used for fruit cake. It will fill two medium
sized cake pans.

APPLE SAUCE CAKE

1/4 cup butter (generous measure).
1 cup light brown sugar.
1 cup apple sauce (not sweetened).
1 level teaspoonful soda.
2 cups flour.
1 teaspoonful cinnamon.
1/2 teaspoonful cloves.
1 small nutmeg, grated.
Pinch of salt.
1 cup raisins.

Cream together butter, sugar and spices. Add apple sauce and flour.
(Dissolve the soda in apple sauce.) Add a cup of seeded raisins or
raisins and currants, if preferred. This recipe may be doubled when it
makes a very good, cheap fruit cake, as no eggs are required, and it
both looks and tastes like a dark fruit cake.

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