Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book

Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book, (c)1914 — the great household encyclopedia: cleaning, curing, building, baby care, and a whole cookbook bound in.

Cake

14 pages in this part of Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book.

Cake (IF one has mastered the art)

IF one has mastered the art of measuring, mixing, and baking cake, there are only four cakes you have to know: sponge, butter, fruit, and…

Cake: Teller

The slitted spoon beats without any noise, and leaves no black marks on the bowl. Then for the other utensils, you need a good flour…

Cake: Beat

Beat the batter thoroughly, till it is bubbly and well mixed. If an assistant, meantime, has been whipping the whites of eggs for you, so…

Cake: Fudge

Fudge Cake. (An original recipe from the Copper Kettle Lunch Room at Smith College.) 1 cupful sugar, cupful butter, 2 eggs, ½ cupful milk…

Cake: Runkel

Fudge Frosting. 2 cupfuls sugar, cupful milk, 1 tablespoonful butter, cupful Runkel's Chocolate, grated, 1 teaspoonful McIlhenny's Mexican…

Cake: Calumet

Nursery Cake. 3 tablespoonfuls butter, 1 cupful sugar, 1 egg, 1 cupful cold water, 2 cupfuls flour 4 teaspoonfuls Calumet baking powder, 1…

Cake: Sponge

Yolks 2 eggs, 1 cupful sugar, cupful hot water, 1 teaspoonful lemon juice, Grated rind 1 lemon, 1 cupful flour, CAKE 1½ teaspoonfuls…

Cake: Chocolate

Chocolate Cake. 1 cupful sugar, cupful butter, 2 eggs, cupful milk, 1½ cupfuls flour, 2½ teaspoonfuls Calumet baking powder, 2 squares…

Cake: Cream

Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the cocoa, the yolks of eggs well beaten, cinnamon, cloves, and milk, then the flour sifted with the…

Cake: Dash

Angel Cake. 1 cupful whites of eggs, Dash salt, 1 cupful sugar, I teaspoonful almond extract, teaspoonful McIlhenny's Mexican Vanilla, 1…

Cake: Yolks

Yolks 5 eggs, 1 cupful sugar, Dash salt, cupful flour, teaspoonful cream of tartar, Whites 7 eggs, 1 lump sugar, 1 teaspoonful lemon juice…

Cake: Juice

Lady Baltimore Cake. 1 cupful butter, 2 cupfuls powdered sugar, 1 cupful milk, Juice 1 lemon, Whites 6 eggs, 4 cupfuls flour, 2…

Cake: Gingerbread

MRS. CURTIS'S COOKBOOK Gingerbread with Chocolate Glaze. cupful butter, 1 cupful sugar, 3 cupfuls flour, to forty minutes. If directions…

Cake: Bake

Put ingredients in a bowl and beat all together for three minutes. using a wooden cake spoon. Bake in a buttered and floured cake pan…

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