Cakes
DOLLY VARDEN CAKE
White part-1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, whites 4 eggs, 3 cups flour, 3 level teaspoons baking powder. Dark part-1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup molasses, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, yolks of 4 eggs, 2 1/2 cups flour, 3 level teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon each of cloves, allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Mix the white part and the dark part separately. Bake in four layers--two light ones and two dark ones. Alternate the layers and place White Mountain cream icing between each layer and over the top and sides. The layers should be very thin. It must be remembered that a cake of four layers will require again as much icing as one of only two layers.
FUDGE CAKE
Half cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 2 squares melted chocolate, 2 cups pastry flour, 2 level teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 level teaspoon salt, 1 cup milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cream together shortening and sugar; add well beaten egg and melted chocolate. Sift together remaining dry ingredients and add to first mixture alternately with milk. Then add vanilla. Pour into square greased cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes.
POUND CAKE
One and one-half cups butter, 2 cups sugar, 7 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon flavoring. Cream butter and sugar thoroughly together. Add eggs one at a time, beating two minutes after each addition. Sift flour and baking powder together. Add to first mixture. Add flavoring. Mix until smooth, but not a long time, since the baking powder will lose strength if you do. Line a greased tube or loaf pan. Bake in a moderate oven 45 to 50 minutes. It is done when it shrinks from the sides of the pan or when a toothpick inserted comes out with no batter adhering. no batter adhering.
SPICE CAKE
One-fourth cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup seedless raisins, 2 cups pastry flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons powdered cinnamon, 1 teaspoon powdered nutmeg, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup sour milk.
Cream shortening, add sugar gradually. Add well beaten egg, flavoring and raisins. Sift dry ingredients together and add to first mixture alternately with the sour milk. Bake in greased and floured loaf cake pan in moderate oven (350 degrees F. for about 50 minutes.
CHOCOLATE ROLL
Beat 5 eggs yolks slightly, then add 1/2 cup of sugar and beat well again, then add 1/4 cup of cocoa, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and lastly the stiffly whipped egg whites and 1/2 cup of sugar, first beaten together. Now grease a shallow pan, line with a piece of greased paper, and let paper hang over short ends. Spread the batter in the pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes In a moderate oven.
When done, turn out on a large stiff piece of paper, sprinkle well with powdered sugar, then cover with a damp cloth. Let stand 20 minutes to cool. Have ready 1 cup of whipping cream, whip until stiff, flavor with vanilla and sweeten with powdered sugar to suit taste. Spread over the cake and roll. Cover with chocolate fudge frostingg and when ready to serve cut in slices (This should serve 10.)
JELL ROLL
One cup sifted pastry flour, scant 1/2 teaspoon salt, grated rind of 1 lemon, 2 eggs beaten light, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup sugar, 1-3 cup hot milk, 1 glass jelly, powdered sugar. Beat the sugar into the eggs, add lemon rind, add flour which has been sifted with baking powder and salt, add milk last and bake in buttered dripping pan and turn out on damp cloth, spread with jelly and make into roil. Dredge the top with powdered sugar.
The frostings referenced in these recipes will show up in a future post in a couple of days
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