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NUT CAKE

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

3 eggs, well beaten

1 cup chopped nuts

1 teaspoon almond extract

2 cups sifted flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

 Cream butter and sugar until light, add eggs and nuts, then the milk to which flavouring has been added alternately with the sifted dry ingredients. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven (360° F.) about 40 minutes.

 SNOW CAKE

(White Cake)

1 cup butter

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups sifted flour

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

2 egg whites

Cream butter with half the sugar until light; work in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk to which vanilla has been added. Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually adding remaining sugar. Fold into mixture and bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven (360° F.) about 40 minutes. When cold frost with Boiled Frosting.

COCONUT CAKE

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs, well beaten

1/2 cup milk

1 cup shredded coconut

2 cups sifted flour

teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream butter and sugar until light, add eggs; add milk and coconut alternately with sifted dry ingredients. Beat well, turn into greased shallow pan and bake in moderate oven about 30 minutes. When cold frost with Coconut Frosting.

GRAHAM CRACKER

CAKE

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

3 eggs, separated

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup finely chopped nutmeats

2 dozen graham crackers, finely crushed

Cream butter and sugar, add well-beaten egg yolks. Add milk, vanilla and finely crushed crackers which have been blended with the baking powder and nut-meats. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and bake in two greased layer cake pans in a moderate oven (360-370° F.) about 20 minutes. When cold fill and frost with Mocha Frosting.

GRANDMOTHER'S 1-2-3-4 CAKE

1 cup butter

3 teaspoons baking powder

2 cups sugar

3 cups sifted flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 eggs

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon almond extract

Cream butter and sugar until light, add beaten eggs one at a time, beating each in thoroughly. Sift and add dry ingredients alternately with milk and flavouring. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven (360-370° F.) 40-60 minutes; or bake in two greased layer cake pans in moderately hot oven (370° F.) about 30 minutes. Fill and frost as desired.