Manuscript Cookbook 016

Icing for cake ½ cup xxxx sugar good size lump of butter work well in the sugar until soft grate rind of orange add little juice and pulp

If the sponge cake is used as layer cake this can be put between and iced on top. Or used as icing on small gems or square cake cut in small squares with slice of orange on top.

Mrs. Wagner's Sponge cake and icing 2 eggs beaten light 1 cup sugar 1 cup swans down flour 2 rounding tsp baking powder sifted in flour ½ cup boiling water

Royal baking powder recipes 2eggs 1 cup sugar 6 tablespoons hot milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup flour 1½ teaspoons R. [Royal] baking powder - level

⅛ tsp salt

Beat yolk of eggs until thick, add half sugar slowly, beating continually add hot milk and remainder of sugar and whites of egg beaten until stiff. add flavours. Add flour, baking powder and salt sifted well bake in ungreased tube pan 25 minutes

[Claremont?] recipe for Molasses Drop Loaves ½ cup molasses 1 egg 1 tsp soda ½ cup shortening ½ cup sugar 2½ cup flour 2 tablespoons sour milk ginger and spice to taste

Nut loaves Mrs Williamson 2 cups brown sugar 1 cups milk 4 cups flour 4 tsp baking powder 2 eggs beaten ½ cup American walnuts set aside 1 hr to raise and bake in slow oven ½ quantity makes good size loaf