and sugar, then the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Sift the
baking powder and remaining cup of flour together, add to the other
ingredients with the teaspoonful of almond extract. If baked in a loaf
it will require three-quarters of an hour or more.

HONEY CAKE (a Norwegian Recipe).

Two pounds of strained honey, three-quarters of a pound of light brown
sugar, three-quarters of an ounce of bicarbonate of potash, pounded very
fine and dissolved in a little water, one cup of cream, half a cup of
melted butter, ginger, cloves and pepper to taste, stir this all well
together, add to it as much flour as will make it like a thick mush, set
it away until the next day, then turn it into a well-greased cake mould
and bake about three-quarters of an hour.

SIMPLE FRUIT CAKE.

Three-quarters of a pound of butter, three-quarters of a pound of sugar,
one pound of sifted flour, one-half pound of currants washed, one-half
pound of raisins stoned and chopped, one-half pound of citron cut fine,
one teaspoonful each of cloves, mace, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg,
one-half cup of milk, one-half cup of brandy, four eggs and one
teaspoonful of soda. Beat butter and sugar to a cream; add the yolks of
eggs beaten light with the spices and brandy; then the fruit rolled in
part of the flour; add the soda to the rest of the flour and stir
alternately with the milk into the other ingredients; add at the last
the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Bake two hours in a moderate
oven.

BAVARIAN CAKE.

One-fifth of a pound of blanched and chopped almonds, one-fifth of a
pound of flour, one-fifth of a pound of sugar, one-fifth of a pound of
butter, two eggs, a saltspoonful of cinnamon, a saltspoonful of nutmeg.
Put the flour in a mixing bowl, then the sugar and spices, the butter
and almonds, break the two eggs over it all and beat with a spoon, form
into a dough with the hands and roll out about an inch thick. Cut in any
shape liked, either round, square or oblong, reserving a little for
strips to decorate the top. Spread with jam, either currant or
strawberry or raspberry, and lay the thin narrow strips of dough across
the top. They should be cut with a jagging iron. Bake about
three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven.

POUND CAKE.

One cup of butter, a cup and a half of flour, a cup and a half of
granulated sugar, six eggs, and half a teaspoonful of baking powder,
flavor with almond extract or any flavoring to s