The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Some Good Cakes.

Brown Eggless Cake-One cup
granulated sugar two rounded table,
spoons butter, one-half cup chocolate
dissolved in a little hot water, then
fill rest of cup with sweet milk. one
and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon
soda in hot water. Bake as a solid
loaf cake. Mocha frosting: one heap
ing cup powdered sugar, two and one
half level teaspoons butter, three
teaspoons grated chocolate dissolved
in two tablespoons hot coffee, one
teaspoon vanilla. Beat till smooth
and very creamy.
Dark Spice Cake-One cup brown
sugar, one-ha1f cup molasses, two ia
blespoons shortening, one teaspoon
ginger, cinnamon, allspice and soda,
two eggs, two cups flour, two tea
spoons baking powder. one-half cup
milk. Scald spice in one-haf cup
hot water. Mix sugar, molasses.
shortening, spices, soda, eggs and
milk. Add baking powder sifted in
with flour: lastly, add egg whites well
beaten. Bake about twenty minutes
in moderate oven in layer cake tins.
This makes three layers. If desired,
add vanilla. Spice icing: Two cups
confectioner's sugar, one tablespoon
QeveD cinnamon, cold water enough
to make a paste CASUALLY from three
to five tablespoons). Mix sugar and
spice, add water. stir until smooth.
This is good and will not fail to hard
en- unless too much water is added.
Spread between layers and on top of
cake. This is also an original way to
keep a cake fresh for an indefinite
time. Whea icing on cake is hard, lay
a clean towel or napkin over it, then
cover with a large crock.
Spanish Chocolate Cake-Dissolve
on back of stove half cup grated I'M
sweetened chocolate, one-fourth cup
granulated sugar and two table
spoons milk Beat to a cream one
third cup butter and cup of DOW
dered sugar. Add two eggs Zone at a
time, beat WELD: add half teaspoon
vanilla. Next add the dissolved mix
ture and beat thoroly. Now add grad
ually one-fourth cup milk. a cup of
flour and teaspoon of baking powder
(add that last).~-
Devils Food Cake-Grate into a
dish one-quarter cake of chocolate
add half cup boiling water and one
teaspoon soda: let stand until other
part of cake is mixed. Take two cups
brown sugar. one-half cup butter, half
cup sour milk, two and one-half cups
-four Pour into the chocolate mix
ture and bake in layers.
Ginger Cakes-One cup brown SUI
gar, one cup lard (creamed with su-
garD, one tablespoon soda in two Guns
molasses. three tablespoons ginger,
four eggs, pinch salt. Stir in flour
and bake.
Buttermilk Cake-One and one-baIf
cups brown sugar. one-half cup bur
ter. one cup buttermilk, two and ons-
half cups flour, one-half cup chopped
raisins, one teaspoon cinnamon. cloves
and ailspice. two level teaspoons soda.
One-Egg Cake-One tabI poon but
ter, three-fourths cup sugar, one-haif
cup milk, one cup flour, two teaspoons
BAKING powder. enc teaspoon flavor
ing. Cream sugar and butter adj
mix and flour; beat well: add egg
and beat all lightly; lastly, add baking
powder and Cflavoring. Make two
small layers. Can spice one and pue
together with any desired filling or a
boiled icing, or make a, nice loaf cake
with nuts or spices or both Nice for
n pudding with any sauce
Chocolate Icing (eggless) = Two
squares chocolate dissolved in one cum
milk; stir constantly, remove from,
heat and add two cups of pulverizad
sugar This will ice two dozen cookies
or cake, and may be kept, If not
80 time, by relocating in
double boiler.