Cream together 3/4 cup butter and 2 cups sugar. Add whites of 5 eggs,
1 cup milk, 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar, 1/2 teaspoonful soda sifted
with 3 cups flour and 1 grated cocoanut. Bake in a loaf. This is an
excellent old recipe of Aunt Sarah's.

A POTATO CAKE (NO YEAST REQUIRED)

Cream together:

1 cup of sugar.
1/2 cup lard and butter, mixed.
Yolk of 2 eggs.
1/2 cup pulverized cocoa.
1/2 cup of creamed mashed potatoes, cold.
A little ground cinnamon and grated nutmeg.
A few drops of essence of vanilla.
1/4 cup of sweet milk.
1/2 cup finely chopped nut meats.

One teaspoonful of baking powder sifted with one cup of flour added to
the batter alternately with the stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Bake in
two layers, in a moderately hot oven. Ice top and put layers together
with white icing. This is a delicious, if rather unusual cake.

A CITRON CAKE

1/2 cup butter.
1 cup sugar.
4 eggs.
2 tablespoonfuls water.
1/4 pound of thinly shaved citron.
1-1/2 cups flour.
1-1/4 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Several drops of almond flavoring.

Bake in a loaf in a moderate oven about 45 minutes after mixing
ingredients together as for any ordinary cake. This is a very good
cake.

AUNT AMANDA'S SPICE "KUCHEN"

1 cup butter.
2 cups granulated sugar.
1 cup of a mixture of sour milk and cream.
4 eggs.
1 teaspoonful soda.
1/2 teaspoonful cloves.
1 teaspoonful cinnamon.
1/2 teaspoonful nutmeg.
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract.
2 tablespoonfuls cocoa.
3 cups flour.

Mix all like any ordinary cake. From one-half this recipe was baked an
ordinary sized loaf cake.

A GOOD, CHEAP CHOCOLATE CAKE

One cup of flour, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder and 1 cup of
granulated sugar were sifted together. Two eggs were broken into a
cup, also 1 large tablespoonful of melted butter. Fill up the cup with
sweet milk, beat all ingredients well together. Flavor with vanilla
and add 2 extra tablespoonfuls of flour to the mixture. Bake in two
layer cake pans.

Place the following mixture between the two layers: 1/2 cup of grated
chocolate, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup of liquid coffee. Cook together a
short time until the consistency of thick cream, then spread between
layers.

AN ICE CREAM CAKE

Two cups of pulverized sugar, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup sweet milk,
whites of 8 eggs, 1 teaspoonful soda, 2 teaspoonfuls of cream of
tartar, 3 cups of flour. From same proportions of everything, only
using the 8 yolks instead of w