Steamed Cake

Beat together 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup butter; add 1 cup currants, 1 cup raisins, 2 tablespoons molasses, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 teaspoon mixed spices, 1 heaping teaspoon baking soda, put in a cup and dissolved with 2 teaspoons of vinegar, fill cup with buttermilk and add to cake. Mix stiff with flour, put in a dish and steam 2 hrs., then bake slowly 1/2 an hr, - Mrs. E, E. Redding, Riverdale,-111,

Strawberry Cake

Cream together 2 eggs, 3/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup white sugar, 2 small cups flour, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 tablespoon sour cream. Mix all together and put in 1 cup strawberries, and bake in jelly cake tins. Use strawberry icing and filling and place whole strawberries on top. - Mrs. Hugh Moafner, Summit, 111.

Sunshine Cake

Beat whites of 7 eggs stiff; add 1 cup of sugar, sifted; beat for 10 minutes. Beat the 7 yolks stiff, stir into the whites slowly and carefully. Sift 1 small cup of flour 5 times, and add a small teaspoon of cream of tartar to the last sifting. Add flour to other ingredients very slowly, and flavor with 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar. Bake 45 minutes in a very slow oven. - Mrs. Gust W. Youngstedt, 403 S. 3rd Ave., Maywood, 111.

Hasty Tea Cake

Mix 1 pt. of flour with butter size of an egg. Rub well with 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar; add 1 teaspoon of soda (if preferred, use 2 teaspoons baking powder instead of tartar and soda). Add 1 cup of cold water, making a stiff batter. Bake on tin for tea. Bake quickly. - Mrs. J. C. Jeffries, Win-netka, 111.

Walnut Cake

Beat 1/2 cup butter in 2 cups white sugar; add 1 cup sweet milk, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons cream tartar, 1 teaspoon soda and 1 cup chopped walnuts, 4 eggs, beaten stiff, flavor with vanilla, and bake slowly. Frost with chocolate frosting with walnuts on top. - Mrs. Jud. Hastings, Park Ridge, 111.

Walnut And Raisin Cake

Cream together 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butter; add 1/2 cup sweet milk, 2 scant cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 cup walnut meats and 3 eggs. Do not mix the raisins in the cake, but put half the batter in the tins and then sprinkle 1 cup raisins over it and pour in the rest of the batter and it will bake nicely. - Mrs. C. E. Burchill, Stickney, 111.

White Cake

Put the beaten whites of 2 eggs into a cup with a lump of butter, fill with milk and pour into 1 1/2 cups Hour, sifted 2 or 3 times with 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Beat all together for 5 minutes, and flavor to taste. Bake in a moderately fast oven. - Mrs. E. J. McGrath, 315 S. 5th Ave., Maywood, 111.