FRUIT CAKE.

Three and one-half pounds raisins (stoned), three
pounds currants, one-half pound citron, one pound brown
sugar, one pound butter, one pound flour, ten eggs, one
teacup molasses, three teaspoons soda, one tablespoon
cloves, two tablespoons cinnamon.

LAYEE CAKE FOE ANY FILLING.

One-half cup butter, one cup sugar cream; one and
one-half cups florr, sifted several times; three eggs, but
reserve whites of two for filling; one level teaspoon bak-
ing powder put in flour after it has been sifted, one-half
cup milk, and flavor.

HOT WATER SPONGE CAKE.

One cup sugar, yolks of four eggs beaten to a cream,
add one-half cup of boiling water, one cup of twice-sifted
flour, one even teaspoonful of yeast powder, and whites
of three eggs beaten stiff, reserving one for icing; -heat
the buttered pan before pouring in the mixture.

HERMIT COOKLE

One cup bu’ter, two cups ‘.ugar, 01 ^spoonful soda
dissolved in three tablespoonfuls sweer milk, one tea-
spoonful cinnamon, one teaspoon } cloves, one nutraeg,
one cup stoned and chopped raisins, enough: flour to roll
out thin bake.