The Blue Grass Cook Book

page 244

  3 1/2 ounces flour,

  1 teaspoon vanilla,

  1 teaspoon cream of tartar.

Sift flour 5 times; add cream of tartar and sift again. Sift sugar 3 times. Beat
eggs very light; add sugar, vanilla, and flour last, stirred in very lightly.
Bake 50 or 60 minutes. When done, do not take out of mould till cold. The mould
should be greased only on the bottom. When taken out of the oven it must be
turned upside down on something to let the air to it.

      BLACK CAKE (No. 1)
Mrs. John W. Fox

  1 pound flour,

  1 pound sugar, sifted,

  1 pound butter,

  12 eggs, beaten separately,

  2 nutmegs,

  1 small teacup of blackberry jam,

  1 cup of dark molasses,

  2 cups of brandy or whisky,

  2 pounds raisins,

  2 pounds currants,

  1/2 pound citron,

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