e level tablespoon of baking powder,
One cup of cold water,
One teaspoon of baking soda, dissolved in the water,
One egg,
One teaspoon of ginger,
One teaspoon of cinnamon,
One-half teaspoon of cloves.
Beat to thoroughly mix and then divide and add the fruit to one part,
the cocoanut or chopped nuts to the second part and bake the other
part plain. Pour into well-greased and floured loaf-shaped pans and
bake in slow oven for forty minutes.
SWISS CRUMB CAKE
Place in a mixing bowl
Three-quarters cup of brown sugar,
Two cups of flour,
One teaspoon of salt,
Two tablespoons of baking powder,
One teaspoon of cinnamon,
One teaspoon of ginger,
One-half teaspoon of cloves,
One-half cup of cocoa.
Sift to mix and then rub in
One-half cup of shortening
and
One cup of syrup,
Two cups of sour milk,
Three-quarters teaspoon baking soda,
Two cups of fine bread crumbs,
One package of seedless raisins.
Dissolve the baking soda in the milk. Beat all hard to mix and then
pour into well-greased and floured oblong pans and bake in a slow oven
for one hour. Cool and ice with water icing. This cake is delicious
and will keep, if wrapped in wax paper, for a month.
LOUISIANA CRULLERS
One cup of sour cream,
One cup of sugar,
One level teaspoonful baking soda,
One level teaspoonful nutmeg,
One egg.
Beat to thoroughly blend and then add four and one-half cupfuls of
flour. Roll out on a floured pastry board and then cut and fry in hot
vegetable cooking oil until they are golden brown. The temperature for
cooking crullers in the oil is 360 degrees Fahrenheit.
MORAVIAN SPICE CAKE
One and one-half cups of brown sugar,
Nine tablespoons of shortening,
One egg,
One cup of sour milk,
One teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in the milk,
Two teaspoons of cinnamon,
One teaspoon of ginger,
One-half teaspoon of allspice,
One-half teaspoon of cloves,
Five tablespoons of cocoa,
Three and one-half cups of sifted flour,
One level tablespoon of baking powder,
One-half cup of chopped nuts,
One-half package of seedless raisins.
Beat to mix and then bake in well-greased and floured loaf-shaped pans
in moderate oven for forty minutes. Ice with chocolate icing made as
follows:
One cup of XXXX sugar,
Six tablespoons cocoa,
One tablespoon of cornstarch.
Sift to mix and then add just sufficient boiling water to make a
mixture th
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