The Cookery Blue Book Part 7

FILLING.--1 pound of sugar, 3 eggs, 1/2 cake of Baker's chocolate, 1 cup grated cocoanut. Cover the top of cake with grated cocoanut.

=Chocolate Cake--No. 2.=

1-1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 of b.u.t.ter, 1/2 of milk, 1-3/4 of flour, 1/4 pound of Baker's chocolate, 3 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Sc.r.a.pe the chocolate fine and add 5 tablespoons of sugar to it (this in addition to 1-1/2 cups). Beat the b.u.t.ter to a cream. Gradually add sugar, beating all the while. Add 3 tablespoons of boiling water to the chocolate and sugar. Stir over the fire until smooth and glossy, then stir into the beaten sugar and b.u.t.ter. Add to this mixture the eggs well beaten, then the milk and flour in which the baking powder has been thoroughly mixed.

Bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven. This makes two loaves.

=Chocolate Cake--No. 3.=

1 cup b.u.t.ter, 2 of sugar, 1 of milk, 5 eggs (omitting whites of 2), 1 teaspoon cream tartar, 1/2 of soda, 3-1/2 cups flour.

FROSTING.--Whites of 2 eggs, 6 heaping tablespoons grated chocolate, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Frost while cake is hot. This recipe makes two loaves.

=Chocolate Loaf Cake.=

1 cup sugar, 1 of milk, 2 of flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in the milk. Melt 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 of milk, yolk of 1 egg, 1/2 cake of chocolate to a smooth cream and add to cake. Bake in a moderate oven.

=Chocolate Caramel Cake.=

2 cups sugar, 2/3 cup milk, 3 eggs, beaten separately, 2 tablespoons b.u.t.ter, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons yeast powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Bake in layers.

WHITE FILLING.--1-1/2 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup milk. Boil eight minutes, then add 1 tablespoon flour stirred in 2 tablespoons cold water and then boil five minutes longer. When cool beat to a cream.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL FILLING.--The same as above, only 1/4 stick of Baker's unsweetened chocolate. 1 teaspoon vanilla.

=Lemon or Orange Jelly Cake.=

1 cup b.u.t.ter, 2 cups sugar, 2/3 cup milk, 4 eggs, 3 cups sifted flour, and 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Bake in four layers.

=Jelly--for Cake.=

1 small cup sugar, 1 egg. Grate the rind and use juice of 1 lemon or orange, 1 tablespoon water, 1 teaspoon flour. Place the dish in a kettle of boiling water and let it thicken. When cool spread between the cakes.

This is very nice for any layer cake.

=Apple Cake in Layers.=

1-1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup b.u.t.ter, 1/2 of milk, 2-1/2 flour, 3 eggs (whites and yolks beaten separately), 2 teaspoons yeast powder.

FILLING.--2 apples, grated rind and juice of 1 lemon, 1 egg. Boil till it thickens, and cool before using. Spread between layers.

=Suns.h.i.+ne Cake--No. 1.=

Whites of 6 eggs, yolks of 4, 1 cup of sugar, 3/4 flour, scant teaspoon cream of tartar, salt, 2 teaspoons orange juice and grated rind. Sift sugar and cream tartar together several times, then mix with well-beaten whites, add beaten yolks, sift flour and salt several times, mix altogether, put in orange and bake from forty to fifty minutes in a pan with pipe in center. Do not look at it for at least twenty minutes. Do not b.u.t.ter pan, nor remove from it till cold.

=Suns.h.i.+ne Cake--No. 2.=

Yolks of 11 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 of b.u.t.ter, 1 of milk, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1/2 of soda, 4 cups flour. Flavor to taste.

=A Delicious White Cake.=

1 pound sugar, 1 pound b.u.t.ter, 1 pound flour, a little baking powder, whites of 20 eggs, and flavoring.

=White Cake.=

1/2 cup b.u.t.ter, 1/2 of milk, 1 of sugar, 2 of flour, 1 teaspoon yeast powder, whites of 2 eggs, almond flavoring.

=Snow Cake--No. 1.=

Whites of 10 eggs, 2 jelly gla.s.ses of powdered sugar, 1 of flour, 1 teaspoon cream tartar.

=Snow Cake--No. 2.=

1 cup sugar, 1/2 of b.u.t.ter, 1/2 of milk, 1 teaspoon yeast powder, 2 cups flour, vanilla flavoring. After being well mixed, stir in the whites of 4 eggs, and beat vigorously.

=Rose Cake.=

1 pound flour, 3/4 pound sugar, 1/2 pound b.u.t.ter, 1 cup rose water, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoon dry soda. Sift white sugar over cake when put in the oven.

=Feather Cake.=

1 egg, 1 tablespoon b.u.t.ter, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup milk, 2 teaspoons baking powder.

=Delicious Cake.=

2 cups sifted sugar, 3/4 of b.u.t.ter, 5 eggs, beaten separately, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 teaspoon baking powder in 2-1/2 cups sifted flour, 2 tablespoons brandy.

=Gold Cake.=

Yolks of 5 eggs and 1 whole egg, 2 cups sugar, 1 of b.u.t.ter, 2/3 cup milk, 3 of flour, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1/2 of soda.

=Silver Cake.=