Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book

form a cream, stir the baking powder through the flour, then add it, a cupful at a time, to the butter and sugar, then stir in the milk, putting in the whites of the eggs after being beaten to a froth, a large spoonful at a time. Bake in a brisk oven. DELICATE CAKE. From MRS. HARRIET T. UPTON, of Ohio, Alternate Lady Manager. Use the same size cup for all ingredients. Two cups (coffee) sugar, one-half cup butter, stir to a cream; whites of eight eggs beaten stiff, three-fourths cup sweet milk, two and one-half cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder stirred into flour; put whites of eggs in last and stir gently. WHITE CAKE. From MRS. GOVERNOR JOHN M. STONE, of Mississippi, Lady Manager. Whites of twelve eggs, five teacups flour, three teacups sugar, one teacup sweet milk, one full cup butter, two teaspoonfuls yeast powder. WALNUT CAKE. From MRS. FRANCES C. HOLLEY, of North Dakota, Alternate Lady Manager. Three cups of sugar; one cup of butter; four cups of flour; one and one-half cup of sweet milk; three cups of walnut or butternut meats; whites of eight eggs. Cream the butter and sugar; sift two teaspoons of cream tartar into the flour, into which stir the meats. Dissolve one teaspoon of soda in the milk. Salt and extract as you like, adding the thoroughly-whipped whites the last thing before putting into the oven. Half of this rule can he used. NUT CAKE. From MISS JOSEPHINE SHAKSPEARE, of Louisiana, Lady Manager. Four tablespoons of flour; four tablespoons of brown sugar; one tablespoon of butter; one egg; one teacup of chopped nuts; a pinch of salt and black pepper. Grease and heat a long biscuit pan, mix all ingredients well and spread thinly on heated pan. Bakes in a few moments. When done and while warm, run a knife through center of pan lengthwise, then crosswise in strips. Turn pan over, and when cool cakes should be quite crisp. Very old French recipe. NUT CAKE. From MRS. MINNA G. HOOKER, of Vermont, Alternate Lady Manager. One-half cup butter; two