eaten egg and the flour, beat
well. Bake in a shallow cake pan in a rather quick oven for 20
minutes.

SPICE CAKE.

1/4 cup butter.
1/2 cup molasses.
1/2 cup sour milk.
1/2 ssp. salt.
1/2 tsp. soda.
The juice and rind of 1/2 lemon.
1/2 cup sugar.
2-1/2 cups flour.
1/2 tsp. ginger.
1 tsp. cinnamon.
1/4 nutmeg, grated.
1 egg.

Beat the butter to a cream. Gradually beat into it the sugar, then the
spice and lemon, next the molasses. Now dissolve the soda in one tbsp.
cold water and stir it into the sour milk; add this, and the egg well
beaten, to the other ingredients. Lastly add the flour, and beat
briskly for 1/2 minute. Pour into a well buttered pan and bake in a
moderate oven for about 50 minutes.

SPONGE CAKE.

3 eggs.
2/3 cup flour.
2/3 cup pulverized sugar.
The grated rind and juice of 1/2 lemon.

Beat the yolks of the eggs and sugar until very light, now add the
juice and rind of the lemon and half the flour; beat the whites to a
very stiff froth, add the remainder of the flour and the whites
alternately, stirring lightly, pour into a greased cake pan. Bake in a
quick oven from 25 to 30 minutes.

ROLL JELLY CAKE.

2 eggs.
1 cup sugar.
1-1/2 cup flour.
1/2 tsp. salt.
1 cup sweet milk.
3 (l.) tsps. baking powder.

Beat the eggs separately till very light, then beat them together, add
the sugar, then the milk gradually, then the flour in which the salt
and baking powder have been mixed. Spread very thin on long shallow
pans. Spread with jelly while warm and roll up.

SEED CAKE.

1 cup butter.
1 cup milk.
2 tsps. caraway seeds.
3 tsps. baking powder.
1-1/2 cup sugar.
3 eggs.
3 cups flour.

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, then the yolks of the eggs,
then the seeds; sift the baking powder with the flour; add the flour
and milk alternately a little at a time, lastly the whites which have
been beaten stiff and dry; bake from 40 to 50 minutes.

COOKIES (PLAIN).

1/2 cup butter.
1/4 cup milk.
2 even tsps. baking powder.
1 cup sugar.
1 egg.
Flour to roll out thin.

Cream the butter, add the sugar, milk, egg beaten lightly, and the
baking powder mixed with two cups of flour, then enough more flour to
roll out. Roll a little at a time. Cut out. Bake about 10 minutes.

LAYER CAKE.

1/2 cup butter.
1 cup sugar.