One cup of sugar; 1 cup of flour, sifted; half cup of butter; half
cup of milk; half cup of corn starch; 2 teaspoons of baking powder,
mixed with the flour ; whites of 4 eggs well beaten, stirred in last. B'ake
in 3 layers. Pilling : % pound figs, chopped fine ; 1 cup of sugar ; 5
tablespoons of cold water. Bring the water and sugar to a boil, and no
more, to make a syrup. When cool pour over the figs; this will make 2
layers of figs and 3 layers of cake. Mbs. Floeence Phillips.
One cup of butter; 2 cups of soft white sugar; 1 cup of sweet milk;
3 cups of flour; 2 teaspoons of baking powder; 1 teaspoon of flavoring;
whites of 5 eggs. Icing: Whites of 2 eggs, stiffened with pulverized
sugar. Chop fine 10 cents worth of figs and stir in white of eggs and
spread on eake between layers. Flossie Nelson.
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Two eggs; 2 cups of sugar; 1 cup ol butter ; 1 cup of sweet milk;
3 cups of flour; 3 teaspoons of baking powder; 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
Eilling: 1 pound figs; 1 cup of sweet milk; 1 cup of sugar; cook slowly
until it thickens, then spread on cake. Mks. E. A. Huddle.
PARMER'S FRUIT CAKE.
Soak 3 cups of dried apples in warm water over night; chop slightly
in the morning. Simmer 3 hours in 3 cups of molasses; add 2 eggs; 1
cup of sugar; 1 cup of sweet milk; three-quarters cup of butter; ly^
teaspoons of soda; spices to taste; flour enough to make a rather stiff
batter; 1 cup of raisins. Flossie Nelson.
FEUIT CAKE.
