Put Crisco and sugar into basin, pour boiling water over them; let
stand till cold, then add egg well beaten, sift in flour, salt, baking
powder, and nutmeg, add peel, raisins, and lemon extract, and mix
well. Turn into greased and floured small square tin and bake in
moderate oven half hour. Cool and cover with boiled frosting.
Sufficient for one small cake.
Butterless-Milkless-Eggless Cake
2 cupfuls brown sugar
2/3 cupful Crisco
2 cupfuls water
2 cupfuls sultana raisins
2 cupfuls seeded raisins
1 teaspoonful salt
2 teaspoonfuls powdered cinnamon
1 teaspoonful powdered cloves
3 tablespoonfuls warm water
1/2 teaspoonful powdered mace
1/2 teaspoonful grated nutmeg
2 teaspoonfuls baking soda
4 cupfuls flour
1 teaspoonful baking powder
1-1/2 cupfuls chopped nut meats
3 tablespoons warm water
Put Crisco into saucepan, add sugar, water, raisins, salt, and spices,
and boil three minutes. Cool, and when cold add flour, baking powder,
soda dissolved in warm water and nut meats. Mix and turn into Criscoed
and floured cake tin and bake in slow oven one and a half hours.
Sufficient for one medium-sized cake.
Caramel Cake
For Cake
1-1/4 cupfuls sifted sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cupful Crisco
1 cupful cold water
3 cupfuls flour
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract
1/2 cupful granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoonful salt
1/4 cupful boiling water
For Filling
1 teaspoonful Crisco
1 ounce chocolate
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract
1/2 cupful hot water
1/2 cupful brown sugar
1/2 cupful granulated sugar
Pinch salt
_For cake_. Put granulated sugar into small pan and melt over fire
till brown, remove from fire, add boiling water, stir quickly, return
to stove, and stir until thick syrup; set aside to cool. Beat Crisco
and sugar to a cream, add eggs well beaten, flour, baking powder,
salt, vanilla, three tablespoonfuls of the syrup and water. Mix and
beat two minutes, then divide into two Criscoed and floured layer tins
and bake in moderate oven twenty minutes.
_For filling_. Melt granulated sugar in small pan and stir until
it becomes a light brown syrup, add the water gradually, then brown
sugar, Crisco, salt, and chocolate stirring all the time. Cook until
it forms a soft ball when tried in cold water, or 240° F. Remove from
fire, add vanilla, beat until creamy, then spread between cakes.
Sufficient for one layer cake.
Chocolate Cake
For Cake
1 cupful sugar
3/4 teaspoonful salt
1/4 cupful grated chocolate
3/4 cupful Crisco
5 eggs
2 cupfuls flour
1 teaspoonful baking powder
1/2 cupful sultana raisins
1/2 cupful candied chopped citron peel
For Chocolate Frosting
2 tablespoonfuls Crisco
2 squares melted bitter chocolate
2 cupfuls powdered sugar
6 tablespoonfuls coffee
1/4 teaspoonful salt
1/2 teaspoonful vanilla extract
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