The flavoring may be 1 teaspoonful of vanilla or lemon essence, or 1/2 teaspoonful of almond, or two teaspoonfuls of spices. Raisins, 1/2 cup, citron 1/4 lb., nuts, 1/2 cup. The rind of 1/2 orange is delicious with the vanilla flavor. With the vanilla use 4 tablespoonfuls of cocoa, for a chocolate flavor. To make a plainer cake, omit one egg, use 1/4 cup butter, and 3/4 cup of milk. If you use 1/2 cup butter, making a richer cake, what other changes should be made? Bake in deep or shallow pan, jelly cake tins, or small tin cups. The mixing is Method 3. As layer cake, it may be used with a variety of fillings and icings,——jelly, cream filling, soft icing with nuts, raisins, or dates. _A chocolate filling._——One half cup milk, 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup of sugar, yolk of one egg, 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract. Break up the chocolate, melt it in a bowl over hot water or in a double boiler, with the sugar and the milk. When the mixture is smooth add the beaten yolk, cook for one or two minutes, add the vanilla, and remove from the fire. [Illustration: FIG. 50.——A loaf of sponge cake. _Courtesy of Dept. of Foods and Cookery, Teachers College._] =8. Sponge cake.=——The old-time sponge cake is given on page 173. Sponge cakes should be baked in a very moderate oven, below 380° F., the bread temperature. (See Fig. 50.) =9. Hot water sponge cake.= _Ingredients._ Eggs 2 Sugar 1 cup Hot water _or_ Milk 3/8 cup Flour 1 cup Baking powder 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls Salt 1/4 teaspoonful Lemon _or_ 1/4 teaspoonful Vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoonful _Method._——Separate eggs and beat yolks and whites thoroughly. Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add the sugar gradually to beaten yolks alternately with water until well blended. Next add the flavoring and then fold in the stiffly beaten whites together with the dry ingredients until blended. Bake in a buttered shallow pan in a moderate oven for twenty-five minutes or until cake shrinks from the side of the pan. =10. Plain gingerbread.= _Ingredients._ Molasses 1 cup Boiling water 1/2 cup Flour 2-1/2 cups Soda 1 teaspoonful Ginger 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls Salt 1/2 teaspoonful Butter 4 tablespoonfuls _Method._——Melt butter in boiling water. Mix dry ingredients. Add the molasses to the water and butter and stir this mixture into the dry ingredients, beating vigorously. Pour into a buttered shallow pan and bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven. If the molasses is taken from a freshly opened can, no acid will be present and the soda should be omitted and 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder used instead.