The royal baker and pastry cook : $b A manual of practical cookery

allspice, 2 cups flour, 1½ teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Bake in shallow pans or gem-pans in moderate oven. =Spice Drop Cakes.=—Yolks 3 eggs, ½ cup butter, 1 cup molasses, ½ cup milk, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, pinch of salt, spice to taste. Drop on buttered paper on tins, and bake in hot oven. =Sand Tarts.=—1 cup butter, 1½ cups sugar, 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon water, ½ teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, flour to roll out. Cut in squares, sprinkle with granulated sugar and powdered cinnamon before baking in hot oven. =Walnut Wafers.=-½ pound brown sugar, ½ pound broken walnut meats, 2 level tablespoons flour, ¼ teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, ⅓ teaspoon salt, 2 eggs. Drop small spoonfuls on buttered pans, bake in quick oven. [Illustration: (Decorative Design)] Fillings and Icings for Cake =Cream Filling.=—2 cups sugar, 3 cups milk, 3 heaping tablespoons corn-starch, yolks 5 eggs, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 teaspoons extract vanilla. Scald milk in double boiler, add corn-starch dissolved in little cold milk, stir till smooth. Add sugar, cook 10 minutes. Add egg yolks, cook 4 minutes, take off and add vanilla. =Cream Filling, 2.=—2 cups milk, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons sifted flour, 1 cup sugar, flavoring. Cook as above. =Cream Filling, 3.=—1 cup thick cream whipped to a solid froth, ½ cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon extract vanilla. Mix lightly together and use at once. =Cocoanut Filling.=—1 cup grated cocoanut, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs. Cook all together 5 minutes. =Cocoanut Filling, 2.=—To cream filling, 2 add 2 cups freshly grated cocoanut, and 2 teaspoons extract vanilla. =Chocolate Cream Filling.=-½ cake chocolate, grated, ⅔ cup milk, ½ cup sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, pinch salt, 1 teaspoon extract vanilla. Boil gently till thick. =Chocolate Filling.=-¼ cake chocolate, grated, ½ cup milk, yolk 1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon extract vanilla. Boil sugar, chocolate, and milk till thickened, add egg yolk, cook 2 minutes, take from fire, add vanilla. =Chocolate filling, 2.=—5 tablespoons grated chocolate, cream to moisten, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon extract vanilla. Beat egg, add chocolate and