The Bride's Cook Book

A wedding present from the advertisers, San Francisco, c.1918 — a young wife's whole cookery course, paid for by the Blue Bird washer, the Portland Studio and Ghirardelli's chocolate.

Cakes

35 recipes in this part of The Bride's Cook Book.

Cakes To Make Icing for Cakes

or Beat the whites of two small eggs to a froth, then add to them a quarter of a pound of white sugar, ground fine like flour, flavor with…

Chocolate Layer Cake

Grate one cake of unsweetened chocolate, add four tablespoonfuls flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one cupful of sugar, five eggs…

Olympic Dinner Dishes (White Layer Cake cup butter)

White Layer Cake 1/2 cup butter (scant) 17/8 cups Olympic Flour 11/4 cups sugar 1/2 cup milk 2 teaspoons baking powder 5 whites of eggs 1…

Fig Cake

Two cups of sugar, one of butter, one of cold water, dissolve one teaspoonful of soda; three cups of raisins, chopped

And How To

৩ MAKE THEM fine, cinnamon and nutmeg, four eggs, one pound of figs; use the figs whole, covering them well with the cake to prevent…

Marshmallow Cake

Half cup of butter, one and one-half cups of sugar, one-half cup of milk, whites of five eggs, one-half teaspoonful vanilla, two cups of…

Molasses Cake

One cup butter, one of brown sugar, one-half of molasses, one of milk, one and one-half pints flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking…

French Loaf Cake

Two cups of white sugar, one scant cup butter, one cup of sweet milk, three heaping cups of flour, three eggs, two teaspoonfuls soda and…

Fruit Cake

One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, one pound butter, two pounds of currants, one pound raisins, one-half pound citron, one ounce mace…

Orange Cake

One cup white sugar, one small half cup butter, two cups flour, one-half cup water, five eggs and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, juice…

Chocolate Cake

Six sticks of chocolate, one and onehalf cups of sugar, five eggs, one cup of milk, two cups of flour, one-half cup each citron and almond…

Cocoanut Pound Cake

Beat one-half pound of butter to a cream, add gradually a pound of flour, one pound of powdered sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a…

Seed Cake

Two cups of flour, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter or clarified drippings, one teaspoonful baking powder, one egg, about…

Spice Cake

1 1/2 cup butter (or substitute) cup sugar 2 cups Northern flour 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful each of nutmeg, cinnamon and…

Angel Cake (Whites of eggs cup Northern)

Whites of 9 eggs 1 cup Northern flour (after sifting) 11/4 cups sugar 1 1/2 level teaspoonful cream of tartar teaspoonful vanilla extract…

Sponge Cake (Cup water cups sugar cups)

1/2 cup water 11/2 cups sugar 2 2 1 cups Northern flour teaspoonfuls baking powder teaspoonful lemon extract Beat egg yolks, add sugar…

Caramel Cake

3/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup syrup 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup milk cups Northern flour 2 2 eggs 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful…

Sponge Cake (One pound sugar one flour ten)

One pound sugar, one flour, ten eggs. Stir yolks of eggs and sugar till per fectly light; beat whites of eggs and add them with the flour…

Lemon Cake

Two scant cupfuls of sugar, one-half of a cupful of butter, three eggs, two and one-half cups of flour one cup of milk, two rounding…

Coffee Cake

Two cups brown sugar, one of butter, one of molasses, one of strong coffee as prepared for the table, four eggs, one teaspoon saleratus…

Gold Cake

Beat well the yolks of eight eggs, one cupful of granulated sugar, one-quarter of a cupful of butter, one-half cupful of sweet milk, one…

German Fruit Cake

One and one-half cups of flour, one teaspoon butter, rubbed together; pinch of salt, one teaspoonful baking powder , milk to make batter…

Angel Cake (Whites of nine large eggs)

Whites of nine large eggs, a heaping cup sugar, a cup flour, sifted five times, one teaspoonful of baking powder, a dash of salt, one-half…

Chocolate Squares

Beat three eggs in one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful each of allspice, cloves, cinnamon; two tablespoonfuls chocolate, teaspoonful vanilla…

Dried Apple Fruit Cake

One pint of dried apples, soaked over night, then chopped fine; let them simmer in one cup of molasses a little while; add four eggs, two…

Apple Sauce Cake

One cup of sugar, one of chopped raisins, one-half of butter, two of flour, one of sour apple sauce, one teaspoonful soda, half a…

Hygienic Cake

Three eggs, one cup sugar, one cup flour, two tablespoons hot water. Beat twenty minutes without stopping, and bake three-quarters of an…

Prune Cake

One cup sugar, half cup butter; cream butter and sugar, add three eggs beaten, use white of one for icing. Then add cup of milk, one and…

Danish Apple Cake

Take twelve large, juicy apples, pare and core as for pie. Mix three cups fine bread crumbs, a little sugar and cinnamon. Grease a deep…

Devil Cake

For the custard part: One cup of grated chocolate, one cup of brown sugar, a half cup of sweet milk, yolk of one egg and a teaspoonful of…

Cocoanut Sponge Cake

ingredients-One teacupful of granulated sugar, two teacupfuls of flour, a tiny pinch of salt, two ounces of butter, three eggs, a large…

Pound Cake

Take one pound and fourteen ounces of powdered sugar, one pound and two ounces of butter, twelve eggs and 12 pints milk, three-quarters…

Lady Fingers

Two eggs, one cup sugar, one-half cup butter beaten to a cream, four tablespoons baking powder; enough flour to stir with a spoon; lemon to…

Burnt Sugar Cake

Take one cup of granulated sugar, place in a skillet and let it melt. Then pour in boiling water and stir utnil it is a thick syrup. Now 1…

Ye Ancient Gingerbread

One pint of sorghum molasses, one cup (genuine ) sour buttermilk, one cup home-made leaf lard, one level tablespoon soda, three-quarters…

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