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Newport Cake

Sift one quart of flour; add three eggs, three tablespoonfuls of white sugar, three of butter, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one of soda, one cupful of sweet milk, or sufficient to make a stiff batter. Bake quick and eat warm or cold. This is a superior tea cake.

A Nice Cake. Take two and one-half pounds of flour, one and one-fourth pounds of pulverized white sugar, ten ounces of fresh butter, five eggs, well beaten, one-eighth ounce of carbonate of ammonia, one pint of water; milk is better if you have it. Roll out, cut into cakes and bake. While yet hot, dredge over with coarse sugar.

X. More Good Cakes.

Children's Party Cakes. Take three heaping tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, two of butter, one of maizena or corn starch, one egg; put with this two cupfuls of flour, half a cupful of sweet milk, a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda, a pinch of salt, and Zante currants. Roll this out in powdered sugar, cut the dough in strips, and twist round a thimble-sized pin. Sprinkle over this candied caraway-seeds, and bake in a brisk oven on flat tins. These are called children's party cakes, and also "goody" cakes.