half teaspoon of nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Remove from the stove and
let cool. When cold add one level teaspoon of soda dissolved in hot
water and add three and one half cups of flour and one teaspoon of
baking powder. Drop from teaspoon on greased pan and bake in moderate
oven.--MRS. EMMETT DAVISON, WOODWARD, OKLA.

WHIPPED CREAM CAKE

Cream together two tablespoons of Armour's Simon Pure Leaf Lard and one
cup of sugar. Add a well-beaten egg and half cup of milk. Stir in two
and one fourth cups of sifted flour to which have been added two
teaspoons of baking powder, and vanilla. Bake in layers in moderate oven
about fifteen minutes. When ready to serve, whip one half pint of cream,
add two teaspoons of sugar and a little vanilla. Spread between layers
and on top layer. Serve on dessert plate with fork.--MRS. WALDO BOGLE,
567 EAST 35TH ST., PORTLAND, OREGON.

RAISIN PIE

Three fourths cup of stoned raisins washed and chopped, one fourth cup
of currants washed and chopped, pinch of salt, one tablespoon of
vinegar, two tablespoons of butter, one half cup of molasses, one cup of
brown sugar, two cups of water. Thoroughly mix the above and boil
together for ten minutes, then thicken with five tablespoons of flour
mixed with water. For the crust take one heaping cup of flour, one half
teaspoon of salt, one half teaspoon of baking powder, one third cup of
Armour's Simon Pure Leaf Lard, and enough cold water to make a stiff
dough.--MRS. MABEL G. WARNER, 27 PEYTON ST., SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

FRUIT CAKE FROM BREAD DOUGH

Rub together until creamy one half cup of butter or Glendale Butterine,
one half cup of Armour's Simon Pure Leaf Lard and two cups of granulated
sugar. Add three eggs well beaten, one cup of raisins, one teaspoon of
cinnamon, one teaspoon of nutmeg, one half teaspoon of soda dissolved in
a little water. Add this mixture to three cups of very light sponge and
beat well, adding a little more flour if needed. Should be as thick as
ordinary loaf cake batter. Fill greased bread pans half full and let
rise one hour. Bake in a moderate oven forty-five minutes.--MRS. M. L.
CURZON, 845 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, MILWAUKEE, WIS.

WINE DROPS

Two eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of molasses, three fourths cup of
coffee, one small teaspoon of salt, five large tablespoons of Armour's
Simon Pure Leaf Lard melted, two teaspoons of soda dissolved in the
coffee, one teaspoon of cloves and one of cinnamon, one cup of ra