Cook Book

A cookbook you were meant to finish yourself — every recipe page faces a blank leaf for your own, and the woman who owned this copy filled eleven of them.

Cakes, Cookies, Doughnuts

39 recipes in this part of Cook Book.

Spanish Chocolate Cake

Dissolve on the back of the stove half a cup of grated unsweetened chocolate, one-fourth of a cup of granulated sugar and two tablespoons…

Orange Cake

Two cups of sugar, two and one-quarter cups of flour, one-half cup of water, yolks of five eggs, whites of four eggs, grated rind of one…

Extra Nice Walnut Cake

Beat to a cream one-half cup of butter and one cup of sugar. Dissolve one-half cup of cornstarch in one-half cup of milk, and add to butter…

Cocoanut Loaf Cake

One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, three-quarters cup of milk, three € eggs, two and one-half cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking…

Longmeadow Loaf Cake

Cream five cups sugar, one and one-half cups butter, one cup lard. Mix thoroughly, divide and to the smaller part. of this mixture add four…

An Historical Cake

An historical recipe for a great cake "wrote by Nellie Custis for her grandmama." "Take forty eggs and divide the whites from the yolks and…

Gingerbread

Three pounds of flour, one-half pound of butter, two tablespoons of ginger, two tablespoons of soda. Put the butter, flour and other…

Crumpets

One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of milk, two cups of flour, a little vanilla, a teaspoon of baking powder. Spread…

Delicious Raised Doughnuts

are made from one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two eggs, one pint of warm milk, one cup of yeast, or one yeast cake dissolved in…

Dropped Hermit Cookies

One cup of butter, one and one-half cups of brown sugar, one cup of raisins chopped fine, one cup of English walnuts chopped fine, one and…

Boston Cookies

One cup of butter, one and one-half cups of sugar, three eggs, one teaspoon of soda, one and one-half tablespoons of hot water, three and…

Inexpensive Sponge Cake

One cup of granulated sugar, one and one-half cups of flour with one scant teaspoon of baking powder sifted together three times. Three…

Maple Sugar Filling for Cake

Break into small pieces sufficient maple sugar to make one cup. Put it into a saucepan with one cup of sweet cream and one cup of coffee…

Maple Sugar Frosting

Add one cup of sweet cream to two cups of rolled maple sugar; boil slowly until it will thread from a spoon, about three-quarters of an…

Maple Sugar Cookies

One cup of sugar, one cup of crushed maple sugar, one cup of butter, two well beaten eggs, two tablespoons of water, two teaspoons of…

English Banbury Cakes

Two pounds of best currants, one-half pound of butter, one pound of candied lemon peel, a scant half ounce of powdered allspice, one-half…

Dried Apple Cake

Two cups of syrup or molasses, three cups of dried apples, one cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoon of soda…

Ginger Wafers

Stir half a cup of butter to a cream. Add gradually one cup of pulverized sugar and one tablespoon of ginger. Add half a cup of cold water…

Chocolate Hearts

Melt, by standing over hot water, three ounces of unsweetened chocolate; add a pound of sifted powdered sugar and mix thoroughly; work to a…

Chocolate Cookies

Take a scant cup of butter, a heaping cup of light brown sugar, two eggs, a teaspoon of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of cloves, a cup of…

Strawberry Eclairs

Boil together in a saucepan one cup of boiling water, one-fourth cup of butter and a speck of salt. As it begins to boil stir in one cup of…

Chocolate Nougat Cake

One-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of sweet milk, one-half cake of chocolate and the yolks of two eggs. Cook this in a double boiler and…

Cymbals

One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two eggs, one-half cup of sour milk, one-half nutmeg, one teaspoon of saleratus. Stir butter and…

Ladyfingers

Beat the whites of three eggs till dry, add one-third of a cup of powdered sugar gradually and continue beating. Then add the yolks, beaten…

An Inexpensive Cake

One cup of black molasses, one-half cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of hot water, one dessertspoon of soda, two cups of…

Butter Sponge Cake

Two cups of sugar, one of butter, six eggs beaten separately, one-half cup of milk, one-half cup of water, two teaspoons of baking powder…

Celestial Cake

Bake an angel cake in a large round, shallow basin, when cold cut into wedge shaped pieces, reverse the pieces and put them together with…

White Almond Cake

One-half cup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, one teaspoon almond extract, one-half cup milk, one and one-half cups pastry flour…

Ice Cream Cake

Cream one cup of sugar with one-half cup of butter. Add one-half cup of milk, one and three-fourths cups of flour sifted with two level…

Hot Water Sponge Cake

Beat the whites of three eggs, add one cup of fine sugar, then three yolks well beaten, one teaspoon of vanilla or lemon, one cup of pastry…

Sponge Drops

Beat three eggs lightly, add three-fourths of a cup of granulated sugar, one heaping cup of flour sifted with one teaspoon of cream of…

Orange Sponge Cake

Beat three eggs hard for five minutes. Then add one cup of granulated sugar and beat for three minutes. Add one-half cup of cold water, two…

Angel Cake

Beat the whites of eight eggs till frothy. Then add one teaspoon of cream of tartar and continue beating till the whites are perfectly…

Gold Cake

Cream one-fourth cup of butter, add one-half cup of sugar slowly, and continue beating. Add the yolks of five eggs beaten until thick and…

Chocolate Cake

One heaping tablespoon of butter, one cup of granulated sugar, yolks of three eggs, whites of four eggs, one teaspoon of cream tartar…

Devil's Food Cake

Two and a half cups of sifted flour, two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sour milk, one-half cup of hot water, two…

Boiled Icing

Boil one cup of granulated sugar with one-fourth cup of water, until the syrup hairs when dropped from a spoon. Have ready the beaten white…

Delicate Cake

Beat the yolks of five eggs till thick and lemon colored, stir in one cup of granulated sugar, the grated rind of one lemon and one…

Marguerites

Cut a sheet of sponge cake into small rounds, dip in confectioner's chocolate. While this is still moist lay split blanched almonds cut in…

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