CHAPTER XIV.

PLAIN CAKES.

General Directions for Making Cake. Rose Butter. Directions for Cleansing Currants. Frosting for Cake. Cake Frosting (another, which is harder). Good Child’s Cake. Ginger Snaps. Child’s Feather Cake. Best Molasses Gingerbread. Sponge Gingerbread. Cider Cake. Cup Cake without Eggs. Cream Cake without Eggs. Cream Tartar Cake, without Eggs. Fruit Cake without Eggs. Drop Cake. Sugar Gingerbread (rich). Sugar Gingerbread (plainer). Sponge Cake. Bridget’s Bread Cake (excellent). Doughnuts. Cookies (plain). French Cake. Walnut Hill’s Doughnuts. Cocoanut Cup Cake. Cocoanut Sponge Cake. Lemon Cake.--No. 1. Gingernuts. Honey Cake. New Year’s Cookies. Boston Cream Cake. Almond, Hickory, or Cocoanut Cake. Caraway Cakes. Fruit Drop Cakes. Dr. B.’s Loaf Cake. Fancy Cakes. Fried Curd Cakes. Wine Cake. Egg Rusk. Citron Tea Cakes. French Biscuit (Mrs. Dr. C.), 130