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stiff; beat until thick enough to spread; add flavoring. Spread
between layers and on top of cake. While icing is still soft sprinkle
thickly with cocoanut.

FRUIT LAYER CAKE

1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt

Cream shortening well; add sugar; add yolk of egg and vanilla; mix
well; add milk, then flour and baking powder and salt which have been
sifted together; mix in beaten white of egg. Bake in three greased
layer tins in quick oven about 15 minutes. Put cake together with
fruit filling and cover with white icing page 17.

FRUIT FILLING

1/2 cup fruit jelly
1 cup water
1/2 cup chopped raisins
1/4 lb. chopped figs
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup chopped blanched almonds or walnuts
juice of 1/2 lemon

Cook jelly with water, fruit and sugar; add cornstarch which has been
mixed with a little cold water. Cook slowly until thick, remove from
fire; add nuts and lemon juice. Cool and spread between layers of
cake.

LADY BALTIMORE CAKE

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
whites of 3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1-3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder

Cream shortening; add sugar and unbeaten white of one egg; add the
milk very slowly, beating between each addition; add flavoring; add
the flour which has been sifted with the baking powder; lastly fold in
the beaten whites of 2 eggs. Bake in square or round greased layer
tins in hot oven about 15 minutes. Use the following filling and cover
the top and sides of cake with white icing page 17.

FILLING

1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
whites of 2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped seeded raisins
1/2 cup chopped figs
1 cup blanched almonds or pecan nuts

Boil sugar and water without stirring until syrup spins a thread. Pour
syrup slowly over beaten eggs. Mix in fruit and nuts. Spread between
layers of cake.

BUTTERSCOTCH LAYER CAKE

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream shortening well, add sugar slowly and the yolks of eggs, beating
well. Add milk, a very little at a time. Sift flour, baking powder and
salt together and mix in with the first ingredients. Add flavoring and
fold in the beaten whites of eggs. Bake in two greased layer tins in
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