The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

to the other. The loaves will not be very large. =White Fruit Cake--no eggs= The whole of the above recipe, using only ¾ cup of butter, with ¾-1 cup of citron, 1 cup of cocoanut and ⅔ cup of almonds, all ground. =★ Dried Apple Cake--yeast= Cut 2 cups dried apples into small pieces with shears, soak over night in 1½ cup water, then cook in ¾ cup molasses until transparent. _Sponge_--1 cup water, 1 cake compressed yeast, 2½ cups flour. _When light_, add ⅔ cup butter (or half oil) and ½ cup sugar creamed together, the dried apples, grated rind of orange or lemon, 2 beaten eggs and 2 cups flour. One egg only may be used; the cake is excellent with no eggs. =★ Washington Cake--no eggs= Remember to lay flour lightly into cup. _Sponge_-- 1 pt. milk 1 cake yeast ½ cup sugar 1 qt. flour _When light_-- salt 1-1¼ cup sugar 1 cup water in which a little saffron has been steeped 1½ cup oil and butter, half of each ¾-1 teaspn. lemon extract 6½ cups flour Prepare same as saffron cake and bake in not too thick loaves. =Washington Pie--no eggs= Bake Washington cake in rather thin, flat loaf, split and put the following cream between and around, or put cream over and around cake without splitting. _Cream_-- 1½ tablespn. cooking oil 2½-2¾ tablespns. flour 1 pt. milk salt large ½ cup sugar yellow color 1 teaspn. vanilla Heat oil, add flour, then hot milk, salt and sugar, stirring smooth at different stages. Steep a trifle of saffron in the milk. Add vanilla when cold. _Another Cream_-- 1 tablespn. butter 2½ tablespns. flour 1 pt. boiling milk ⅓ cup sugar salt 1 egg flavoring =Elizabeth’s Raised Cake= _Sponge_-- 5-5¼ cups flour ½ cup sugar 2 tablespns. yeast (or ½ cake compressed yeast) 1½ cup milk _When light_-- 1½ cup sugar 1 cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup raisins ⅓ cup citron Make sponge at night with soft yeast or early in the morning with compressed. When light, add the butter, well creamed with the sugar,