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Boiling Water Cake

3 eggs (well beaten) 1 cup sugar 1 cup Five Roses flour 3 teaspoons (small) baking powder 4 tablespoons boiling water.

Have oven at good baking heat and water boiling before starting to make this cake, as it must be made quickly. Pans should be oiled ready to receive it. It will be found good either as a layer, plain, or roll jelly cake. Beat eggs well, and beat in the sugar. Have ready the flour with the baking powder sifted in. Add 4 tablespoons boiling water to eggs and sugar, stirring constantly. Add the flour, beat well and bake at once from 10 to 15 minutes, according to heat of oven and size of baking pan. The thinner it is spread, the shorter time it takes to bake.

Handy when milk is scarce. 12 eggs