d spread dough in
square tin about half an inch thick. Chop one fourth pound almonds, mix
with sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top of cake before putting in
the oven. Bake about thirty minutes.--Mrs. J. Bruegger. German Cookery.

SOUR CREAM NUT CAKE.--Break two eggs into a large cup and fill with
sour cream. Put in a mixing bowl and add a level teaspoonful of soda
and one cupful of sugar, beat all well add flour to make quite stiff
and flavor with vanilla. Take a pound of English walnuts, chop all but
what you wish to put on top of cake and stir into the batter. Bake in
moderate oven. Ice the tops and lay on the half meats.--Mrs. G. A.
McIntosh.

DARK CAKE.--One cup sugar, one cup butter and lard mixed, three eggs,
one half cup black molasses, one cup cold coffee, one level teaspoon
soda, two pounds raisins, flour to thicken. Bake in moderate
oven.--Mrs. W. C. Lynch.

DARK COFFEE CAKE.--One cup sugar, pinch of salt, one cup shortening
(butter and lard) one cup cold coffee, one cup sour cream or milk (add
that ingredient), three fourths cup molasses, two level teaspoonfuls
soda dissolved in warm water, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg to
suit the taste, one pound raisins, and flour enough to make a nice
batter. Nuts may also be used if desired.--Mrs. W. S. Davidson.

RAISIN CAKE.--Four eggs, one cup butter, two cups brown sugar, three
cups flour, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, dissolved in very
little water, one small teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice,
one half teaspoon vanilla. This is very nice used as a layer cake with
carmel icing.--Mrs. Aaron J. Bessie.

COFFEE CAKE.--One cup sugar, one cup butter, one cup coffee, one cup
molasses, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon
allspice, one half teaspoon cloves, nutmeg and lemon essence. Four cups
flour, one half pound raisins.--Mrs. Mary Harvey.

FRUIT SPICE CAKE.--One scant cup butter, one cup brown sugar, one
fourth cup molasses, whites of three eggs, yolks of three eggs, three
fourths cup water, one fourth teaspoonful baking soda. Three cups
flour, one teaspoon each of cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg,
mixed. One half cup raisins, one fourth cup currants, and one fourth
cup citron. Mix like any batter cake adding molasses to the butter and
sugar. Remember to add soda last.--Dorothy Whitehead.

SALT PORK CAKE.--One pound of salt pork chopped fine. Pour one half
pint of boiling water on it, add one cup molasses, on