gingerbread

1/2 c. butter
1 c. molasses
3 c. cake flour
2 tsp. soda
2 eggs
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 c. boiling water

Cream butter, add sugar gradually. Beat until light, stir in molasses, cinn. & ginger. Add flour and mix thoroughly. Add soda to boiling water & pour into mixture beating hard. Add beaten eggs. Line pan with wax paper. Grease paper. Pour in batter and bake 35 min. in 375 degree oven.

Nuts & dates can be added if desired.

chocolate cake

Mix:
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

Bring to boil and then pour over dry ingredients:
1 c. hot water
2 squares margarine
4 tbs cocoa

Then add:
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

oatmeal cake

pineapple upside down cake

1/2 c. melted butter
1/2 c. brown sugar (packed)
1 no 2 can sliced pineapple
3 eggs, separated
1 c. sugar
1/2 c pineapple juice
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c flour (sifted)
1 tsp bak. pd
1/2 tsp salt

Melt butter in square baking tin, add brown sugar - then place pieces of pineapple over that.  Beat egg yolks well, add sugar then p. juice & vanilla.  Then fold in dry ingredients and lastly fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.  Pour batter over pineapple in baking pan.  Bake in mod. oven 350 to 375 degrees for 50 min.  When done turn upside down on platter.  Serve with whipped cream.

For prune - use 1 1/2 c cooked prunes and 1/2 c. prune juice.

For peach - Use 1 no 2 1/2 can peaches & 1/2 c. peach juice.

orange cake

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp soda
1 pkg raisins, ground
1 large orange, ground

Cream sugar & butter.  Add eggs.  Alternately add flour & buttermilk (enough flour to make a dough not quite as stiff as for fruit cake.)

angel food cake

1 1/4 c. egg whites
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 c. sifted cake flour
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Sift sugar.  Add 1/2 sugar (3/4 c) to flour and sift twice.  Beat egg whites and salt until foamy, then sprinkle cream of tartar over whites and continue beating until stiff, but not dry.  Sift 2 or 3 Tbs sugar over whites and fold in very carefully.  Repeat this folding process until sugar is used.  Then proceed in same manner until all the flour & sugar mixture has been added.  Add flavoring before last addition of flour.  Pour in ungreased tube pan.  Bake at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. then raise temp to 325 degrees and continue baking 30 minutes longer.  Invert as soon as cake is taken from oven.  Leave 1 hour.

summer sunshine cake

Add 2 tbs water to 5 egg yolks, beat 5 min.  Add 1/2 c. sugar.
Beat 8 egg whites, adding 1/2 tsp cream of tartar, 1/4 tsp salt when frothy.  Continue beating until stiff.  Fold in 1 c. sugar to egg whites.  Add egg mixture, fold in 1 cup flour, 1 tsp lemon extract, 1/2 tsp vanilla.  Bake 1 hour in slow 325 degree oven.

sponge cake

1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 c flour
1/2 c. milk
1 tbs butter
1 1/2 tsp bk pd [baking powder]
vanilla

Beat sugar & eggs together.  Scald milk & butter.  Mix together add dry ingres.  Bake in medium oven 20 minutes.

white cake

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine
2 eggs
Beat until creamy.  Then add:
2 cups flour, sifted
3 scant t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1 cup milk, room temp
2 t vanilla

Beat until smooth - pour into 2 greased & floured round cake pans.  Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees.

date loaf

2 c. brown sugar
1 c. butter or shortening
4 eggs
1 c. warm milk
2 tsp soda
2 tsp vanilla
2 lbs dates
2 c. nuts
4 c. flour

Cream shortening & sugar.  Add well beaten eggs.  Mix as a cake.  Bake 1 hour in moderate oven.  Bake in 3 loaf tins.

boston cream pie

Use either a plain cake or a white cake as a foundation, with the following cream filling:

2 c. milk
2 egg yolks
1 pinch salt
1/3 c. sugar
2 Tbs corn starch
1 tsp vanilla

Scald milk in top of double boiler.  Mix corn starch, sugar, salt.  Mix with egg yolks.  Beat well, add milk gradually - return to double boiler and cook until it thickens.  Take some of the cake out of each side (when split) and put in the filling.  Top with whip cream.

chocolate fudge cake

3/4 cup butter
4 eggs
1 cup milk
3 cup flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 3/4 cup sugar
3 squares chocolate
1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 tsp bk pd [baking powder]
1 1/2 tsp soda
vanilla,

Cream butter and sugar.  Add well beaten eggs.  Shave choc. in small bowl, mix with hot water.  Add milk and flour alterately to egg & sugar - mix.  Pour in choc last.  Vanilla, nuts if desired.  Bake in layer tins 25 min in mod oven.  Makes 2 large cakes.