CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE

% cup melted butter 2 tbsp. cocoa
1 cup brown sugar = cup walnuts
1 egg % cup cocoanut
1% tsp. vanilla z cup flour

Melt butter, add rest in order given. Bake in moderate oven 20 to 25
minutes. Ice with chocolate icing while cake is hot.

Mrs. Isabel Wilkinson, Sylvan Lake.

TOMATO SOUP CAKE

% cup margarine 1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup sugar 1 tsp. nutmeg
1 egg % cup chopped walnuts
1 tin tomato soup 2 cup raisins
1% cups flour 1 cup chopped dates
1 tsp. soda

Put in 9” x9” cake pan. Bake at 350° for 40 to 60 minutes.
Ice with butter icing.
Mrs. Howard Church, Calgary.

PEAKER CHOCOLATE CAKE

1 cup white sugar 1 cup Miracle Whip
2 cups all purpose flour 4 tbsp. cocoa
2 tsp. baking soda 1 cup cold water

Cream sugar and Miracle Whip together. Then add dry ingredients
alternately with water.

Bake 30 minutes at 350° in layer cake tins or 45 minutes in square cake
pan. I always use a glass baking dish.

Marshmallow Frosting for Cake

4 tsp. salt = cup Karo corn syrup
% cup white sugar 1% tsp. vanilla
2 egg whites
Add salt to egg whites and beat with rotary beater until mixture forms
soft peaks. Gradually add sugar one tablespoonful at a time, beating until
smooth and glossy. Slowly add the Karo, beating thoroughly after each
addition until firmly peaked. Fold in vanilla. Spread between layers and on
top, or spread all over square cake.
This cake stays fresh for two weeks.
Mrs. Mabel Crowe, Lethbridge.

JAM CAKE
(A favorite with Mrs. Abraham Lincoln)

6 eggs . cups nut meats
2 cups sugar 4 cups flour
1 cup butter 2 tsp. soda
2 cups blackberry jam or pure 2 tsp. baking powder

raspberry or strawberry 1% tsp. nutmeg
1 cup buttermilk 1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups raisins

Use standard mixing method, adding beaten egg whites last. Cook at

325°—may be raised to 350°. Cook in 8 layers.
Filling
1% cups white sugar % pint cream
z cup butter 2 tbsp. cornstarch
_ Cook cream, sugar and cornstarch. Add butter last. Put between layers.
Icing on top is really not needed. Top may be dusted with icing sugar through
a plastic doiley to make a pattern.
L. Ward, Edmonton.

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