The Compendium of Every Day Wants (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...milk and caraway. Turn on a floured board, dredge lightly with flour; roll very thin; cut into round cakes and bake in a moderate oven. FASNACHT CAKE.--Take one quart of sweet milk, one pint of yeast, one pint of lard, five eggs, one pound of sugar, one tablespoonful of soda. Fry in lard. FEDERAL CAKE.--One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of seeded raisins, eighteen ounces of flour, one-half cup sour cream, one-half nutmeg, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon maco, one-half teaspoon soda, one wineglass of brandy, four large eggs beaten in singly. FRUIT CAKE.--Take one-half pound of sugar, one-half pound of butter, one-half pound of flour, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, five cents worth of citron, five eggs, one nutmeg, one-half ounce of cloves and cinnamon mixed. Beat the butter and sugar very lightly, then beat in one egg at a time till you have used the five eggs. Then mix in the spices and fruit and beat all together. EXCELLENT HOLIDAY FRUIT CAKE.--One-half pound butter, onehalf pound dark brown sugar, one-half pound of flour, one nutmeg, one teaspoonful of cloves, one and a half teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, five eggs, one pound figs, one pound raisins, one pound currants, one pound almonds, chopped fine; quarter pound citron, half pint molasses, halfteaspoonful soda, nearly quarter-pint brandy. FRUIT CAKE WITH BRANDY.--One and a quarter pounds butter, one and a half pounds flour, one pound brown sugar, twelve eggs, three and a half pounds raisins (stoned), three pounds currants, two pounds citron, one pint molasses, one wineglass of brandy, one teaspoon soda, spice of all kinds. Beat the sugar and butter and the yolks of the eggs together, then add the molasses and soda and part of the flour, and all the spice, half nut...