sauce as plum pudding for dessert in
an emergency which is sometimes worth the price of the cake.--Mrs. B.
G. Whitehead.

FRUIT CAKE.--Rub one pound butter and one and one half pounds sugar to
a cream, add eight eggs and beat. Now add one tablespoon lemon extract,
one grated nutmeg, one tablespoon cinnamon, one half teaspoon cloves,
one pint sour cream. Now add four pounds raisins, one pound citron, two
pounds almonds, two pounds English walnuts, two pounds flour with two
teaspoons soda in it, one glass jelly. Bake three and one half hours in
moderate oven. Pour one cup brandy over the top of cake after it is
baked.--Mrs. Southard.

IMPERIAL FRUIT CAKE.--One pound of sugar, one pound of flour, three
quarters pound of butter, one pound of almonds, blanched and cut fine,
1-2 pound of citron, 1-4 pound candied cherries and as much pineapple,
one half pound of seeded raisins, rind and juice of one lemon, two
pieces of candied orange, one nutmeg, ten eggs. This is very delicious
and will keep for months. No baking powder or soda are used but the
eggs are beaten separately, yolks added to creamed butter and sugar and
the stiff whites put in last of all. Bake in one loaf in a slow oven.
Ice with white boiled frosting.--Contributed.

BLANCHE'S DATE CAKE.--Beat three egg yolks with one cup of sugar, add
one cup of flour sifted with one teaspoon of baking powder, stiffly
beaten whites of three eggs and one pound of stoned dates and one pound
chopped nuts, (pecans, English walnuts or hickory nuts). Bake in one
loaf in a moderate oven. Remove from oven and while it is hot pour one
cup of sour cream over it. The cream soaks into the cake and makes it
moist like fruit cake. No butter is used in this recipe.--Mrs.
Whitehead.

GINGER BREAD.--One half cup sugar, one half cup butter, one cup
molasses, each one teaspoon (heaped), ginger, cloves and cinnamon, two
level teaspoons soda in one cup boiling water, three scant cups of
flour, two well beaten eggs. Make it in the above order. Eggs
last.--Mrs. F. Kleinsorge.

GINGER BREAD.--One cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of
molasses, (New Orleans), one cup of boiling water, two eggs beaten in
batter one at a time, one teaspoon of soda dissolved in the water, two
and one half cups of flour, two tablespoons of ginger, one teaspoon of
nutmeg. Bake in a loaf or in gem tins.--Mrs. John Heffernan.

GOOD PLAIN GINGER BREAD--One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup
of boiling w