CAKES, COOKIES, TARTS, ETC.

Mocha Tart

Beat the yolks of four eggs with 1 cup sugar to a cream, to which add 1 tablespoon of mocha extract (Cross and Blackwell's). Beat whites stiff and fold them in with ¾ cup of flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Bake in 2 layers in oven.

Filling for Mocha Tart

¾ pint cream well whipped, to which add 1½ tablespoons mocha extract. Sugar to taste. Ice top with boiled icing flavored with one tablespoon of mocha extract.

Icing

1 coffee cup sugar 2 Eggs 2 tablespoons butter 2 lemons (juice)

Beat all together and boil until it jellies. For orange cake use oranges instead of lemons.

Filling

1 Lemon 1 cup Water ½ cup Sugar 1 tablespoon Corn Starch 1 Egg Grated lemon rind 1 teaspoonful butter

Icing

3 cups brown sugar 1 cup sweet milk 3 large tablespoons butter

Boil until it will make a ball in cold water. Then beat until thick enough to spread on cake. Flavor with vanilla.

Filling for Cake

3 grated apples 1 cup sugar 1 egg

Juice and grated rind of an orange or lemon. Let it come to a boil.

Delicious Nut Cake

Old English Recipe, year 1600

Coffee cup is used for measure.

2 cups of sugar rolled fine or sifted 1 cup of butter—creamed together 3 cups of flour—sifted 4 times 1 cup of cold water 4 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately 2 large cups of walnut chopped or rolled 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar—level measure

Cream butter and sugar, stir in yolks, beat hard for 5 minutes, add water, then flour, mix the tartar in it—then nuts, then beaten whites of eggs. Bake ¾ of an hour if loaf, or half hour if divided into two portions or layers.

Icing

4 cups sugar ½ pint hot water 4 eggs beaten citric acid about size of pea vanilla

Boil water and sugar until it threads. Pour over the beaten whites of 4 eggs. Beat until almost cold then add citric acid dissolved in one teaspoon boiling water, flavor with vanilla and spread between layers and over cake.

This keeps a long time in a locked closet.

Cookery has become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.

Burton.

Christmas Cakes

½ lb. Butter 6 Eggs 1 lb. Powdered Sugar Flour enough to roll Beat eggs separate

Cream butter; add sugar. Separate eggs; beat and add. Then flour to roll.

Cocoanut Tarts

7 eggs (whites) 1 lb. sugar (pulverized) ½ lb. butter 1 cocoanut

Grate the cocoanut, beat the butter and sugar to a cream; beat the eggs until very dry and light; mix well together and bake on pie crusts rolled very thin. This amount will make four large tarts.

Suffrage Angel Cake (a la Kennedy) 11 eggs 1 full cup Swansdown Flour (after sifting) 1½ cups granulated sugar 1 heaping teaspoon cream of tartar 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 pinch of salt Beat the eggs until light—not stiff; sift sugar 7 times, add to eggs, beating as little as possible. Sift flour 9 times, using only the cupful, discarding the extra flour; then put in the flour the cream of tartar; add this to the eggs and sugar; now the vanilla. Put in angel cake pan with feet. Put in oven with very little heat. Great care must be used in baking this cake to insure success. Light the oven when you commence preparing material. After the first 10 minutes in oven, increase heat and continue to do so every five minutes until the last 4 or 5 minutes, when strong heat must be used. At thirty minutes remove cake and invert pan allowing to stand thus until cold. Miss Eliza Kennedy.

Cinnamon Cake

1 cake compressed Yeast ¼ lb. Butter 1 tablespoon lard 1½ cups sugar Pinch of Salt 1 pint luke warm milk Flour to stiffen

About six o'clock in the evening soak a cake of yeast in a little luke warm water, make sponge with a little flour, water and yeast. Let rise until light, about an hour.

Melt butter and lard and cream with sugar and salt; add luke warm milk and some flour, then stir in sponge and gradually add more flour until stiff, not as stiff as bread dough. Do not knead, simply stiffen.

Let rise until morning, then simply put in square or round cake pans about one and one-half inches thick. Do not roll, just mold with the hands and let rise about an hour.

Cover with little lumps of butter, then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake twenty minutes. Thin slices of apples can be placed on top, also peaches or almonds, blanched and chipped.

This is the genuine German cinnamon cake, and is excellent.

Inexpensive Spice Cake

½ cup shortening 2 cups brown sugar grated rind of lemon 2 eggs, 3 cups flour 1 lb. seeded raisins ½ teaspoon cinnamon dash of cloves and nutmeg

Boil raisins in 1½ cups water twenty minutes.

Mix shortening, sugar, lemon rind, eggs and spices, add one cup flour then raisins drained but still hot. Then the other two cups flour and ½ cup of the water in which the raisins were boiled to which add 1 teaspoon bi-carbonate soda.

Bake in gem pans in moderate oven. This makes 30 cakes which can be iced with white or chocolate icing.

Black Walnut Cake

1 cup butter (creamed) 1 cup sugar 4 eggs 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons baking powder Flour to stiffen 1 cup walnuts 1 teaspoon vanilla

Bake 20 or 30 minutes according to oven.

Scripture Cake

1 cupof butter—Judges5chap. 25 Verse

3½ ""flour—1 Kings4"22"

3 ""sugar—Jeremiah6"20"

2 ""raisins—1 Sam'l30"12"

2 ""figs—1 Sam'l30"12"

1 ""water—Genesis24"17"

1 ""almond—Genesis43"11"

6 eggs—Isaiah10"14"

1 tablespoon of Honey—Exodus33"3"

A pinch of salt—Leviticus2"13"

Spices to taste—1 Kings10"10"

Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys, and you will have a good cake.

Proverbs: 23 Ch. 14 Verse.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA EXECUTIVE MANSION Since its adoption in October, 1911, equal suffrage in California has been put to the most thorough and severe test. Every conceivable sort of election has been held in the past three years, and women have been called upon to exercise their new privilege and perform their added duty not alone in the usual fashion, but in various primaries, including one for presidential preference, in local option elections, and they have been compelled to pass on laws and governmental policies presented to the electorate by the initiative and referendum. The women have met the test and equal suffrage in California has fully justified itself. In nineteen eleven, by a very narrow margin the amendment carried. Were it to be again submitted, the vote in its favor would be overwhelming. Hiram Johnston, Governor.

Ratan Kuchen

½ lb. butter 1 pint milk 4 eggs 1 cake yeast ¾ cup seedless raisins ¼ pound blanched almonds (split) 1 cup sugar 1 pinch salt

Soak yeast in a little warm water and some of the milk 10 minutes, then set a sponge and let it stand about 1 hour (before breakfast); cream butter; add sugar and beat thoroughly; beat the 4 eggs light and add gradually to creamed butter and sugar; now add the other ½ pint of milk.

Beat well and add the raisins, dredge with a little flour; now add sponge and beat all thoroughly for ½ hour till it drops from the spoon a little thicker than a sweet cake.

Grease your pan with butter and take the split almonds and stick them on the side of the pan. Bake nearly an hour.

This makes 2 small cakes or one large one. Very fine German Coffee Cake. You should use a pan with a tube in the center.

Golden Cake

½ cup butter 1 cup sugar Yolks 10 eggs ½ cup milk 2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons orange extract cream butter

Add sugar gradually and yolks of eggs beaten until thick, add lemon colored extract. Mix and sift flour and baking powder and add alternately with milk to first mixture.

Pineapple Cake

1 egg ½ cup butter ¾ cup sugar ¾ cup milk 1½ teaspoons baking powder 1½ cups flour

Make in two layers and when ready to serve put grated pineapple on each layer of cake. Whip half a pint of cream, sweeten to taste and put over pineapples.

(Bananas can be used instead of pineapples).

Ginger Cookies

3 lbs. flour 1 lb. butter and lard mixed 1 lb. brown sugar 1 pint molasses 1 good sized teaspoon of soda or 2 level ones.

Add ginger to taste—about 4 level teaspoons, also lemon extract or grated rind and juice if preferred.

Put flour, sugar and butter together and rub thoroughly. Make hole in center and pour in the molasses in which the soda has been beaten in. Stir all well together, break off enough to roll out; cut, space in pan and bake in very moderate oven.

These keep well, especially in stone crock. This recipe makes a quantity if cut with small cutter.

Pound Cake

1 lb. flour 1 lb. pulverized sugar flavoring 1 lb. butter 10 eggs

Cream butter and sugar to finest possible consistency. Add ¼ of the flour and beat well. Have eggs beaten to a froth. Add a few tablespoons at a time and beat thoroughly after each addition of egg. When eggs are all in, add balance of flour and flavoring and beat.

Bake in a slow oven one and one-half hours.

Hints:—Secret of fine pound cake is in the mixing, much beating being essential.

One-half the recipe serves fifteen persons amply.

A paler yellow cake can be had by substituting the whites of two eggs for every yolk discarded.

In the full recipe not more than four yolks should be discarded.

A very little lemon combined with vanilla or almond, improves the flavor of the cake.

Bake, if possible, in an old-fashioned tin pan with a center tube.

Doughnuts

1 cup Sugar 2 Eggs 2 tablespoons melted butter 1 cup sour or butter milk 1 small teaspoon soda Flour enough to make a soft dough 1 teaspoon baking powder

Mix eggs, sugar and butter; add sour milk or buttermilk with soda dissolved. Then stir in flour with baking powder added.

Do not roll too thin.

Have lard boiling when you drop in the doughnuts. A slice of raw potato in the lard will prevent the lard taste.

Cream Cake

1 Cup Butter 1 tablespoon Lard 2 cups Sugar 1 cup Sweet Milk 3 Eggs 2 teaspoons Baking Powder 1 teaspoon Vanilla 1 Quart Flour

One Egg Cake

1 cup butter 1½ cups sugar 3 cups flour 1 cup sweet milk 1 egg 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup chopped raisins

Devil's Food

2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 3 cups flour ½ cup boiling water ½ cup sour cream ½ cup butter ½ cup grated chocolate 1½ teaspoons soda

Dissolve soda in boiling water and pour over chocolate and let cool. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs and other things. Bake in layers.

Bride's Cake

12 eggs (whites) 1 small cup butter 4 small cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups sugar 1 cup sweet milk ½ cup corn starch Flavor to taste

This makes two good sized cakes, or four layers.

Date Cake

1 Cup Sugar ½ Cup Butter 2 Eggs 2 Cups Flour 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder ¹/₃ cup Milk 1 lb. stoned and chopped dates rolled on a portion of the flour

Cream the sugar and butter. Add the well beaten yolks; then the whites; then the flour well sifted with the baking powder. Beat until smooth; add milk, then dates. Beat thoroughly and bake three-quarters of an hour in a steady, but not too hot oven.

Pfeffernusse (Pepper Nuts)

1 cup Lard 1 cup Butter 2 cups Brown Sugar 3 Eggs 2 teaspoons Annise seed (ground) 2 oz. whole coriander seed ½ lb. Chopped Almonds ½ lb. Mixed Citron 6 cups Molasses 2 teaspoons Soda 1 Quart Flour 1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

Cocoanut Cake

1 cup butter 1 cup sweet milk 1 teaspoon soda 1 grated cocoanut 3 cups sugar 4½ cups flour 2 teaspoons cream tartar 4 eggs (beaten separately)

In place of the soda and cream of tartar 3 teaspoons of baking powder can be used.

Jam Cake

1 cup brown sugar 2-3 cup butter and lard 3 eggs 1 glass of strawberry jam 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ grated nutmeg ½ cup sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 2 cups flour

Bake in a slow oven.

A march before day to dress one's dinner, and a light dinner to prepare one's supper are the best cooks. Alexander.

Hickory Nut Cake

1 cup sugar ½ cup sweet milk 3 eggs ½ cup butter 2 teaspoons baking powder flour to stiffen

One large cup chopped hickory nuts and sprinkle a little salt and flour with them. This makes two layers.

Lace Cakes

1 cup brown sugar 1 egg, not beaten 1½ tablespoon flour 1 round teaspoon butter 1 cup English walnuts chopped

Bake on the underside of a pan in a slow oven. This makes 20 cakes.

"Do not misunderstand me. Woman suffrage is right. It is just. It is expedient. In all moral issues the woman voters make a loyal legion that cannot be betrayed to the forces of evil; and however they are betrayed—as we all are—in campaigns against the Beast, the good that they do in an election is a great gain to a community and a powerful aid to reform. I believe that when the women see the Beast, they will be the first to attack it. I believe that in this our first successful campaign against it, the women saved us." Hon. Ben Lindsay.

Lace Cakes

1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon butter 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 2½ cups rolled oats

Cream butter, add sugar and eggs. To this add vanilla and baking powder, and when these are thoroughly mixed, stir in the oats. This should make a stiff batter, and more oats may be added if batter is not stiff enough.

Mold into little cakes with a teaspoon and bake in buttered pans two inches apart, for ten minutes.

Marshmallow Teas

Arrange marshmallows on thin, unsweetened round crackers. Make a deep impression in center of each marshmallow, and in each cavity drop ¼ teaspoon butter. Bake until marshmallows spread and nearly cover crackers. After removing from oven insert half a candied cherry in each cavity.

These are excellent with afternoon tea.

Apple Sauce Cake

½ cup butter a little salt 3 cups sifted flour ½ teaspoon cloves ½ cup nuts 1½ cups apple sauce 1½ cups sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup seeded raisins 2 scant teaspoons soda dissolved in a little water, boiling.

Bake in a slow oven.

Quick Coffee Cakes

Cream one-fourth of a cupful of butter, three-fourths of a cupful of sugar, one egg; add one cupful of milk, two and one-half cupfuls of flour in which two teaspoons of baking powder have been sifted. Beat smooth, then add as many raisins as desired and bake in two pie tins. When the top has begun to crust over, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake a golden brown.

Sand Tarts

One pound of granulated sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter, one pound of flour, one pound of almonds blanched and split, and three eggs. Cream butter and sugar till very light, add the yolks of the three eggs and the whites of two. Add the flour; roll on the board and cut in oblong or diamond shapes. Beat the white of the remaining egg and bake.

Sand Tarts

2 lbs. light brown sugar ¾ lb. butter 2 lbs. flour 3 eggs

Milk enough to make a stiff dough. Roll very thin, cut out and brush over with beaten egg and milk mixed together. Put two or three blanched almonds on each tart and dust with cinnamon and sugar.

Bake in moderate oven.

Cheap Cake

2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon butter 4 cups flour 3 eggs 1 cup water 2 teaspoons baking powder Flavor to taste

THE STATE OF WYOMING EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Cheyenne. Dec. 22, 1914. Editress Suffrage Cook Book: After observing the operation of the women suffrage laws and full political rights in the state and territory of Wyoming for many years, I have no hesitation in saying that everything claimed by the advocates of such laws have been made good in the state. I am unqualifiedly and without reservation in favor of woman suffrage and equal political rights for women for all the states of the American union. Very truly yours, Joseph M. Carey. Governor.

Hermits

1½ cups sugar ¾ cup butter 3 tablespoons milk—sweet or sour 3 eggs—whites and yolks beaten separately 1 teaspoon soda 1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon 1 heaping teaspoon ginger 1 level teaspoon cloves 1 cup chopped seeded raisins 1 cup chopped nuts Even cup of flour

Drop on greased pan and bake.

Hermits

1½ cups sugar 3 eggs 1 cup chopped walnuts or hickory nuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup butter 1 cup chopped raisins 1-3 cup sliced citron 1 teaspoon cloves ½ teaspoon soda

Dissolve soda in tablespoon hot water. Flour enough to make a stiff batter, drop in small cakes with teaspoon and bake in slow oven.

Cocoanut Cookies

1 cup butter 4 eggs 1 lemon—juice and rind 4 cups sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 pound package grated cocoanut

Cream sugar with butter. Add the yolks of the 4 eggs and beat well. Add juice and rind of lemon. Then flour, into which has been sifted the baking powder. Sift flour and baking powder twice before adding to mixture. Use enough flour to make a very stiff batter, add cocoanut, and last, fold in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth.

Drop on buttered tins and bake in moderate oven.