, 1864-01-16
Domestic 9eripes.


salt, grated rind of one lemon, one tea.
spoonful Of butter. Bake fifteen minutes.
BOILED SuET PUDDING. One cup Of suet
finely chopped, one of raisins chopped, one
Of milk, one of molasses, and little salt.
Stir in wheat flour, until it is Of the con.
sistency Of stirred cake. Boil three hours
serve with sweet cream.
RICE CAKE.-Take six eggs, with their
weight in fine sugar, and in butter also, and
half their weight of -four of rice, half of
wheaton flour; make the cake as directed
for the Madeira cake, but throw in the rice
after the flour; then add the butter in the
usual way, and bake the cake about on
hour and ten minutes. Give any favor
that is liked.
SoFT GINaERBREAD.-One cup molasses |;
cup sugar; cup buttermilk; egg; l
teaspoon oaleratus; favor with cloves
mix pretty thick.
HARRIsoN CAKE.-Beat light 2 eggs |;
add ! lb. Of sugar; tablespoon of butter;
! teacup sweet milk; teaspoon saleratus;
a little salt; lgrated nutmeg; -four enough
to make q smooth batter--beat till It rises,
and bake in quick oven.
CocoANuT CAKE.-One half pound but.
ter, three-fourths pound sugar, threc.fourths
pound flour, six eggs, one nutmeg, ono.half
cup milk, one.half teaspoonfIl soda, one
teaspoonful cream tartar, meat Of one
cocoanut, grated. Add few spooniuls Of
the milk Of the cocoanut.
| LOAF CAKE.-Take one teacupful of
sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of hot yeast |;
thicken as for bread; set it over night.
| When light, add one emp Of butter, two
eggs, one cup of sour cream, one cup Of
raisins, one teaspoonfll salcratus, and two
cups sugar. Stir till stiff batter; flavor
with cloves; raise until light.
) FLouR PUDDINa.-Mix four eggs with
four cups of sweet milk and teaspoonful
Of butter and stir II in two cups Of -four.
Il Bake it threc.fourths of an hour in o quick
oven, and serve with sauce Of butter and
sugar well mixed, with o little wine if do
sired.
HONEY WATER.-Onc ounce of essence
of bergamot, three drachms Of English oil
Of lavender, half drachm Of oil of cloves,
half drachm Of aromatic vinegar, six
grains Of musk, one and half pint Of spiF.
It's Of wine. Mix aud distil.
JuxBLEs WITHOUT Eaas.-Two cups Of
sugar, one Of butter, one Of milk and water,
one tcaspoonful essence Of lemon, one Of
cream tartar, cne-half Of soda.
CRACKER MwcE PlE.-For four pies Of
common size, break FIVE large crackers into
q pint Of warm watr; add one and half
cups Of butter, half cup molasses, half q
cup vinegar, half cup chopped raisins,
two cups sugar, with cinnamon, cloves, and
salt to your taste.
i FRurr CAkE.-One ID. Of -four; I ID.
fruit; ID. butter; l0eggs; teaspoonful
saleratus; cup sour milk or buttermilk.
RAISING CAKE.--One cup new milk !
teaspoon saleratus; large cup Of sugar |;
2 eggs; 81 cups melted butter-add spice
and citron to taste. Bake in loaves.
DRop CAxE.-To pint Of cream put Z
well beaten eggs, little salt; add flour to
make thick batter. Bake IN small cakes
fifteen minutes-to be eaten warm
CooKrEs.-one cup butter; 2cups sugar;
l cup cold water; I teaspoon sale:atus /;
2 eggs-aour enough to roll.
CREAM CAKE.-One cup cream; cup
sugar; 2 cups -four; 2 eggs; l teaspoon
saleratus; flavor with lemon.
| CocoA.NuT DRoPs. Take one cocon.nut,
CRATE and dry 1t little-then mix with the
beaten whites Of two eggs and 10 teaspoon
fils Of powdered sugar; make them up In
small round balls. aud bake quickly.
i oRRs Toorn PAsrE.--One pound Of
Paris white; one half pound rose pink !;
three ounces Of orris root; one half pint
of oil Of cloves; and nutmegs one drachm;
use bowls to form paste.
Another TooTH PowDER.-Take Of pul.
verized cutie fish bone two ounces; fresh
orris root four ounces, cream Of tartar one
ounce; drop lake two drachms; oil oe
cloves sixteen drops; powder, mix and silt
.SwEEPrxa CARPETS. Persons who are
accustomed to use tea leaves for sweeping
their carpets, and find that they leave
stains, will do well to employ fresh cut
grass instead. Il Is better than tea leaves
for preventing dust, and gives the carpets
q very bright, fresh look.
TIxcruRE OF LEMON PERL.-A very
easy and economical way Of obtaining and
preserving the favor OF lemon-peel, ls to
fill q wide mouthed pint bottle half full Of