Emergency Cake

Break one or two eggs in a cup. Fill the cup with cream. Beat together with one cup of sugar and vanilla. Beat all hard. Add a scant cup and a half of flour and a teaspoon of baking powder. Bake in two layers. When hot from the oven, sprinkle with soft sugar and cocoa and lay together. W. D. S.

Home Fruit Cake

Three cups of flour sifted with three teaspoons of baking powder, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of molasses, one-half cup of butter. Three eggs, three tablespoons of milk or cream. One-half teaspoon each of allspice, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. One-half pound each of raisins, currants, citron and figs, with one cup of nut meats, all cut fine or ground. Mix the fruit and spices together the day before making the cake. Grease baking powder cans, fill only half full, and steam thirty-five minutes. Then place in the cooker six hours. Remove the lids of the cans and dry off in a cool oven for one-half hour.

Lemon Ginger Bread

One cup of brown sugar, one cup of lard and butter mixed, one cup of sour milk, four cups of flour, one cup of molasses, and four eggs. One lemon grated, one tablespoon of ginger, two level teaspoons of soda, and one teaspoon of cinnamon. Bake in one sheet or in muffin pans.

Soft Ginger Bread

One cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of molasses, four cups of flour, three eggs well beaten. One tablespoon of soda, one and a half tablespoons of ginger, one teaspoon of cinnamon and a pinch of cloves. Sift the soda into the flour, beat the eggs, separating whites and yolks, cream the butter and sugar, add the spices, next the molasses, then the eggs, and the last thing add a cup of boiling water. Bake in sheets in a bread or dripping pan. Bake in a hot, not a quick oven for half an hour.

Hurry Cake

One tablespoon of butter, one cup of sugar, one egg, one cup of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, and a little salt. Stir up quickly. Bake in two pans. One can be used as a cottage pudding and may be eaten with sauce.

Quick Lemon Jelly Cake

Cream one-fourth cup of butter and one cup of sugar. Add one well-beaten egg or the yolks of two, one-half cup of milk, and one and one-half cups of flour sifted with one rounded teaspoon of baking powder. Beat well and bake in a deep pie tin. When cooled a little, split and fill with the following jelly. Then sift over it pulverized sugar.

Lemon Filling

One lemon, three-fourths cup of sugar, and one egg beaten light. Grate the rind and squeeze the juice of the lemon. Mix with the other ingredients and boil, stirring all the time until thick and smooth. This jelly is fine for table use and maybe served like other fruit jellies.

Marshmallow Cake

Make layers of white or gold sunshine or angel's cake. Put good fresh marshmallows on top of one layer about one-half inch apart each way; lay on the other layer; cover with marshmallows to correspond with first filling. Put in slow oven and let soften enough to spread nearly together. To serve, cut in squares, leaving a marshmallow to each square.