The New Dr. Price Cookbook | Page 9

allow to stand until cold. Ice with either chocolate or white icing page 17.
POUND CAKE
1 cup butter?1 cup sugar?1 teaspoon vanilla extract?1 teaspoon lemon extract?5 eggs?2 cups flour?1 teaspoon Dr. Price's Baking Powder
Reserve two egg whites for icing. Cream butter, add sugar slowly, beating well. Add flavoring and yolks of eggs which have been beaten until pale yellow. Beat three egg whites until light and add alternately a little at a time with the flour which has been sifted with the baking powder. Mix well and bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven about one hour. Cover with ornamental frosting page 16 made with the two remaining egg whites.
WEDDING CAKE
2 cups shortening?2 cups sugar?6 eggs?4 cups seeded raisins?4 cups currants?1 cup shelled almonds?2 tablespoons chopped orange peel?2 tablespoons chopped lemon peel?2 cups sliced citron?1 cup grape juice?4 cups flour?2 teaspoons cinnamon?4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg?1/2 teaspoon ground mace?1/4 teaspoon allspice?1/4 teaspoon cloves?1/2 teaspoon salt
Cream shortening and sugar together; add beaten yolks of eggs; add raisins and currants, which have been washed and dried and over which a half cup of flour has been sifted; blanch almonds and put through food chopper with lemon and orange peel and add; slice citron very fine and add; stir in grape juice and half of stiffly beaten whites of eggs; sift together flour, baking powder, spices and salt and add; mix well and fold in remainder of beaten whites; pour into two 12-inch loaf pans which have been greased and lined with four layers of brown paper and bake in moderate oven one hour; then cover with double layer of brown paper, put asbestos plates underneath and continue baking about two hours longer.
COFFEE FRUIT CAKE
1/2 cup shortening?1 cup light brown sugar?2 eggs?1/4 cup strong coffee?1/3 cup rich milk or cream?1-3/4 cups flour?3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 lb. raisins, cut into small pieces?1/8 lb. slice citron?1/4 lb. figs, cut in strips
Cream shortening; add sugar; add yolks of eggs, coffee and milk; sift together flour and baking powder and add slowly; add fruit, which has been slightly floured, and fold in beaten whites of eggs. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven from one to one and one-half hours.
DATE LOAF CAKE
1 cup boiling water?1 lb. stoned and cut dates?3/4 cup brown sugar?2 tablespoons shortening?1 ounce melted chocolate?1 egg?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/4 teaspoon salt?1-3/4 coups flour?3/4 cup chopped pecan nuts
Pour boiling water over dates. Cream sugar and shortening; add melted chocolate and well beaten egg; mix well and add dates and water; sift together baking powder, salt and flour; add gradually with pecan nuts. Mix well and put into greased loaf pan and bake in slow oven for one and a half hours.
CREAM LOAF CAKE
1/2 cup shortening?1 cup sugar?2 eggs?1 teaspoon lemon extract?1/2 cup rich milk or thin cream?1 cup flour?1/2 cup cornstarch?3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
Cream shortening well; add sugar slowly; add beaten yolks of eggs; add flavoring; add milk a very little at a time; sift flour, cornstarch and baking powder together and add; fold in beaten whites of eggs. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven 35 to 45 minutes, and cover with frosting page 16.
MOLASSES CAKE
1/2 cup shortening?2/3 cup brown sugar?1 egg?1/2 cup molasses?2 cups flour?1/2 teaspoon salt?3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 teaspoon allspice?1/2 teaspoon cinnamon?2/3 cup milk
Cream shortening. Add sugar slowly, beating continually; add beaten egg; beat well and add molasses; add half of flour, baking powder, salt and spices which have been sifted together; add milk and remainder of dry ingredients. Mix well. Bake in greased shallow pan in moderate oven about 40 minutes. Serve hot with butter.
COCOANUT CAKE
2 cups flour?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 cup shortening?1-1/4 cups sugar?1/2 cup milk?1 teaspoon vanilla extract?3 eggs?1/2 cup fresh grated cocoanut
Sift flour and baking powder three times; beat shortening and sugar to a cream; add milk and vanilla, then flour and baking powder, a little at a time; beat until smooth; add eggs one at a time, stirring and beating batter well after each egg is put in. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven one hour. Cover with boiled icing page 16 and sprinkle with chopped cocoanut.
MARBLE CAKE
WHITE PART
3 tablespoons shortening?1/2 cup sugar?1/2 teaspoon lemon extract?1/2 cup milk?1 cup flour?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/4 teaspoon salt?White of 1 egg
Cream shortening; add sugar slowly; add flavoring and milk. Beat well and add flour which has been sifted with baking powder and salt. Mix in beaten white of egg.
DARK PART
3 tablespoons shortening?1/2 cup sugar?Yolk of one egg?1/2 cup milk?1 cup flour?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/4 teaspoon salt?1/2 teaspoon cloves?1/2 teaspoon allspice?1 teaspoon cinnamon?6 teaspoons cocoa
Cream shortening; add sugar slowly; add egg yolk and mix well. Mix in milk; add flour, baking powder, salt, spices and cocoa which have