Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-02
RECIPES.


GRAHAM BREAD-One quart sour milk,
one teaspoon of salt, soda according to the
sourness of the milk, one teacup molasses
put into the milk, thicken with unbolted
wheat -four and bake Immediately.
GRAHAM BREAD No. 2.-One bowl of
wheat dough- one bowl of warm water, saml
teaspoonful Of soda, three-fourths cup sugar,
thicken with graham -four until it will drop
from the spoon, but not too thick
GINGER CAKE-Two cups molasses, one
half cup butter, one.half cup lard, two cups
sour milk, one teaspoon grouul ginger, one
heaping teaspoon saleratus; stir in -four as
long as you can with spoon, then use your
hands and stir 10 more till you can roll them
using -four freely; cut out and lay in your
Suffered tins. Take one spoon of molasses,
two of water, wet over the top of your cakes
which will remove the -four, and cause them
to brown nicely, bake quick, not dry up
ten minutes are sufficient.
Chocolate CAKE.-Three eggs, one aud
one-half cups sugar, one-half cup milk, one
half cup butter, one.half teaspoonlul soda,
one teaspoosful cream tartar, two cups -four.
FILLING FOR CAKE-One cup sugar, two
tablespoonful water, boil as for candy, one
cup grated chocolate, whites of two eggs.
Stir chocolate into candy, then whites Of
eggs very quickly, and put Immediately be-
tween the cakes. Some prefer to break the
chocolate into cup and place it in a dish
of boiling water and stir until dissolved.
SPONGE CAKE.-One cup sugar, one cup
-four, three eggs, one-half teaspoon saleratus,
one teaspoon of cream tartar, (small spoon,
fuls) bake all together or as for jelly cake.
REBEcCA CAKE.-One teacup of milk,
two eggs, one and one-half cups sugar, one
half of butter, three cups Of flour, one small
teaspoon of soda, two OF cream tartar one
teacup raisins.
ALMOND, Hickory, OR CoCoANUT CAKE
One-half Id. -four, one. half teaspoonfu salt
onefourth lb. butter, one ID. sugar, one tea
cup sour cream, four eggs, lemon or othe
flavor, one teaspoon soda, mix thoroughly
one-half pint meats of hickory nuts chopped
put in buttered pans one inch thick and bak,
in quick oven; or use the grated whit
part Of cocoanut, or one Id. of blanchet
almonds, but not to paste. g. W. IL.
NeW Harsn.
SPICE CAKE-One aud one.half cups but
ter, two cups sugar, two eggs, four and one
half cups -four, one teaspoonful soda dis
solved in one cup cold water, one tablespoon
each of cinnamon and nutmeg, three.fourth
spoonful cloves fruit is great improvmen
JELLY ROLs.-One cup sugar, one GU
-four, one-hali cup butter, one teaspoon {
cream tartar, oue.half teaspoon soda, fou
eggs.
BUNs.-One pint new milk, one pint boil
ing water, two.thirds cup butter, one Gu
dry sugar, two-thirds cup yeast, let it rise
add one cup currants then rise again, the
put it in the tins and let it rise again.
HULLED CoRN.-For one quart corn tai
two teaspooufuls saleratus, boil until sof
wash in two waters aud it is ready for us
ABBIR A.
Mortified
DEucATE CAKE.-One cup white suga
one-half cup Of butter, two cups of hou
whites of five eggs beaten to froth, OF
teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoC
soda.
GoLD CAKE.--Thc yolks Of four eggs, OIL
half cup white sugar, one cup -four, One-ha
cup sweet cream, one.half teaspoon of creu
tartar, one.fourth spoon soda. HATTIE.