l about two hours. This is a nice,
simple pudding.

SUET PUDDING.

One cup suet, one pound raisins, one and one-half cup milk, one cup
sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, two large teaspoonfuls baking powder;
thicken with cracker crumbs, but not too stiff. Steam three hours. Serve
with hard sauce.

TAPIOCA PUDDING.

Four tablespoonfuls tapioca, one quart milk, four eggs (leaving out the
whites of two for frosting), three tablespoonfuls sugar. Soak the
tapioca over night, or for several hours (four will do) in enough water
to cover it. Let the milk come to a boil and pour over the tapioca. When
it cools to blood-warm, add the sugar, then the eggs, well beaten. Bake
about an hour in a moderate oven. Take out, and when it has cooled a
little, spread over the top the whites of the two eggs whipped stiff and
one-half cup powdered sugar added. Return to top shelf for about two
minutes, or until the frosting is browned.

WOODFORD PUDDING.

Three eggs, one cup sugar, one cup flour, one cup jam, one teaspoonful
soda dissolved in three tablespoonfuls sour milk, cinnamon and nutmeg to
taste. Pour batter into greased cake pan and steam over boiling water
three hours. For the sauce, whites of three eggs and one cup sugar,
beaten together, one teaspoonful vanilla, and when ready to serve add
one pint cream, well beaten.

CAKE

"Have I not earned my cake in baking it?"--Tennyson.

ALDEN OATMEAL COOKIES.

Cream one and one-half cup butter with two cups brown sugar, add three
well-beaten eggs, one-half cup milk (sweet or sour), one and one-half
teaspoonful soda, one and one-half teaspoonful cinnamon, three cups
uncooked oatmeal and three cups flour, one pound raisins chopped fine.
Drop by spoonfuls on greased pans.

ANGEL FOOD.

Whites of twelve eggs, one-half pint flour, three-fourths pint sugar,
one level teaspoonful cream of tartar. Beat the whites to a stiff froth.
Sift the sugar and flour separately four times before measuring. Add the
cream of tartar to the flour after measuring and sift once more. Add the
sugar to the eggs and last the flour. Do not grease the pan. Bake forty
minutes in a moderate oven.

BLACK CAKE.

One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, three eggs beaten separately, one
cup cold black coffee or milk, one-half cup grated chocolate, one and
one-half cup flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, a little cloves and
cinnamon and a pinch of salt.

BOSTON CAKE.

One pound sugar, o