Mocha Torte
3/4 cup sifted flour 6 eggs 3/4 cup sugar (half pulverized) 1 tablespoon essence Turkish coffee 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup whipped cream Beat the sugar thoroughly with the yolks of the eggs; then add the coffee, and the sifted flour and baking powder alternately with the well-beaten whites. Bake in two layers and put the whipped cream between the layers.
For the icing use one cup of pulverized sugar, one tablespoon of boiling water and one tablespoon of coffee essence. PATRIOTIC CAKE (1776 RECIPE) 1 pound risen bread dough 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup butter 3 eggs 2 tablespoons cream 1 level teaspoon soda 1 tablespoon water 1/2 pound currants 1/2 pound seeded raisins 1 level teaspoon cloves 1 level teaspoon nutmeg To the risen bread dough add the other ingredients, dissolving the soda in the water and having the currants and raisins thoroughly washed and drained. Pour the mixture into a greased pan and set it in a warm place to rise for twenty minutes. Bake in a moderate oven and when cool, ice and ornament with candied cherries.