Cakes
Black Cake with Prune Filling
1 1/2 cupfuls sugar 1/2 teaspoonful salt 3 eggs 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 cupful milk 1/2 teaspoonful baking soda 2 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful…
For Filling (Cupful sugar cupful boiling)
1 cupful sugar 1/3 cupful boiling water 1 white of egg 1/2 cupful stoned stewed prunes 1/3 cupful blanched chopped almonds For cake. Beat 1…
Pound Cake
2 cupfuls sugar 2 cupfuls Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls salt 12 eggs 4 cupfuls flour 1/2 teaspoonful powdered mace 3 tablespoonfuls brandy Cream…
Boiling Water Cake
1 cupful boiling water 1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 egg 1/4 cupful chopped candied citron peel 1 cupful sultana raisins 2 1/2 cupfuls…
Butterless-Milkless-Eggless Cake
2 cupfuls brown sugar 2/3 cupful Crisco 2 cupfuls water 2 cupfuls sultana raisins 2 cupfuls seeded raisins 1 teaspoonful salt 2…
For Cake (Cupfuls sifted sugar eggs)
1 1/4 cupfuls sifted sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 cupful cold water 3 cupfuls flour 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful vanilla…
For Filling (Teaspoonful Crisco ounce)
1 teaspoonful Crisco 1 ounce chocolate 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 1/2 cupful hot water 1/2 cupful brown sugar 1/2 cupful granulated…
For Cake (Cupful sugar teaspoonful salt)
1 cupful sugar 3/4 teaspoonful salt 1/4 cupful grated chocolate 3/4 cupful Crisco 5 eggs 2 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1/2…
For Chocolate Frosting
2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 2 squares melted bitter chocolate 2 cupfuls powdered sugar 6 tablespoonfuls coffee 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1/2…
For Cake (Cupful sugar cupfuls flour)
1 cupful sugar 3 cupfuls flour 1/2 teaspoonful salt 4 eggs 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 cupful milk 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla extract 3 teaspoonfuls…
For Filling (Teaspoonful Crisco cupful)
1 teaspoonful Crisco 1 cupful sugar 1 cupful water Pinch cream of tartar 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 1 white of egg 1/2 cupful chopped…
Dark Part
1 cupful dark brown sugar 2/3 cupful cold strong coffee 3 yolks of eggs 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 tablespoonful molasses 1/4 cupful raisins 2…
White Part
1/2 cupful Crisco 1 cupful granulated sugar 3 whites of eggs 2/3 cupful milk 2 cupfuls flour 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful…
Cream Puffs
1 cupful water 1 cupful flour 5 tablespoonfuls Crisco 4 eggs 1/4 teaspoonful salt Put Crisco into small saucepan, add water, bring to…
Cream Puff Balls
1 cupful flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 1/2 cupful water 4 eggs 1/2 teaspoonful salt Put Crisco and water into small saucepan, bring to boil, add…
Crisco Fruit Cake
1 1/2 cupfuls Crisco 1 lb. seeded raisins 2 cupfuls sugar 4 cupfuls flour 6 eggs 1 wineglassful brandy 1/2 lb. blanched and chopped almonds…
Devils Food Cake
1 1/2 cupfuls sugar 1 1/2 cupfuls milk 1/2 cake chocolate 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 1…
Peach Shortcake
2 cupfuls sugar 1 cupful milk 5 eggs 3 cupfuls flour 3/4 cupful Crisco 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful…
Strawberry Shortcake
3 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 1/2 teaspoonful salt 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 egg 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 cupful milk 1 1/2 pints…
Fig Cake
1 cupful sugar 3 eggs 1 cupful milk 2 teaspoonfuls powdered cinnamon 3 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2…
Gennoise Cake
3/4 cupful flour 6 tablespoonfuls sugar 6 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 4 eggs 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful almond extract…
Gingerbread
1/2 cupful sugar 1 egg 1/2 cupful molasses 1/2 cupful milk 1 1/3 cupfuls flour 1/4 cupful Crisco 1 teaspoonful salt 2 teaspoonfuls powdered…
Sauce (Teaspoonful Crisco cupful lb)
1 teaspoonful Crisco 1 cupful (1/2 lb.) maple sugar 1 tablespoonful flour 1 egg 1 cupful boiling water For cake. Cream Crisco and sugar…
Golden Orange Cake
2 cupfuls sugar 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful orange extract 1 cupful milk 5 eggs or yolks of 10 eggs 4 cupfuls flour 1 cupful Crisco 4…
Hurry Up Cake
3/4 cupful sugar 1 1/2 cupfuls flour 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/2 teaspoonful almond extract 1/2 teaspoonful lemon extract 2 whites of eggs…
Crisco Sponge Cake
3 eggs 1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 1/4 cupfuls flour 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful orange…
Sand Cake
1 cupful Crisco 1 cupful sugar 1 teaspoonful salt 5 eggs 1/2 lb. cornstarch 1 teaspoonful lemon extract Cream the Crisco and salt, add…
For the Filling
1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful boiling water 2 whites of eggs 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract Pinch cream of tartar 1/2 cupful chopped candied…
For Cake (Tablespoonfuls sugar)
6 tablespoonfuls sugar 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 3 eggs 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful baking powder 12 tablespoonfuls flour Grated rind…
For Lemon Filling
4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 2 lemons 3/4 cupful sugar 4 yolks of eggs 1 white of egg 1/4 teaspoonful salt For cake. Put the eggs, sugar, and…
Lord Baltimore Cake
1 cupful sugar 3/4 cupful Crisco 1/2 cupful cold water 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 2 1/2 cupfuls flour 2 1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder…
Lunch Cakes
1 scant cupful sugar 6 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful milk 2 eggs 2 cupfuls flour 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful salt 1…
Jelly Roll
4 eggs 1 cupful sugar 2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1/4 teaspoonful salt 4 tablespoonfuls milk…
Marble Cake
2 cupfuls sugar 1 cupful Crisco 3 1/2 cupfuls flour 4 eggs 1 cupful milk 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 tablespoonfuls molasses 2…
Marmalade Cake
1/2 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 cupful marmalade 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 egg 2 cupfuls flour 1/2…
Old Fashioned Seed Cake
2 cupfuls sugar 1 1/2 cupfuls Crisco 4 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful salt 2 tablespoonfuls carraway seeds 12 eggs Cream Crisco and sugar…
Almond and Citron Cake
1 cupful sugar 1 cupful Crisco 5 eggs 1/2 lb. blanched chopped almonds 1/4 lb. shredded candied citron peel 2 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful…
For Cakes
1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 1 cupful milk or water 1/2 teaspoonful salt 2 cupfuls flour 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 whole egg and 2…
For Frosting
1 cupful sugar 1 cupful water 2 whites of eggs Pinch cream of tartar 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract For cakes…
Rose Leaf Cakes
1 cupful rose leaves 3 cupfuls flour 1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 3 eggs 1 cupful milk 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 lemon 1/2…
Scotch Shortbread
4 cupfuls flour 3/4 cupful sugar 1 cupful Crisco 1 large egg 1 teaspoonful salt Sift flour and salt on to baking board. Cream Crisco, sugar…
Silver Nut Cake
1 cupful sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 4 whites of eggs 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla extract 2 cupfuls flour 1/2 teaspoonful salt 3 teaspoonfuls…
Simnel Cake
3/4 cupful sugar 3/4 cupful Crisco 4 eggs 2 cupfuls sultana raisins 1/4 cupful seeded raisins 1/2 cupful chopped candied citron peel 2…
For Filling and Icing
1/4 lb. ground almonds 2 cupfuls powdered sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoonful almond extract For cake. Cream Crisco and sugar together, add eggs…
Southern Fruit Cake
1 cupful sugar 1 cupful Crisco 1 cupful molasses 1/2 cupful sour cream 3 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful salt 1/2 teaspoonful baking soda 3…
The Wholesome Parkin
1 cupful flour 1/2 cupful melted Crisco 2 cupfuls fine oatmeal 3/4 cupful molasses 3 tablespoonfuls sugar 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1 egg 1…
Whole Wheat Gingerbread
4 tablespoonfuls sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 2 eggs 1 teaspoonful baking soda 1/4 cupful milk 2 cupfuls flour 2 cupfuls whole wheat flour 1/2…