26 FRIENDLY CIRCLE—1949

Gumdrop Cake

1 c. white sugar, 4c. butter, 2 eggs, % tsp. salt, 1 Ib.
gumdrops (omit the black ones), 1 c. seedless raisins, 2 c.
flour, 2 tp. b. powder, % c. milk. Cut gumdrops with scissors,
add raisins and cover with flour. Bake in loaf tin. Do not use
for several days to allow flavor of gumdrops to permeate.

—Eva Crawford.

Dark Cake

lc. sugar, %c. butter, %c. sour milk, 2 eggs, 2 tbsps.
molasses, 14 c. raisins, spices to taste, flour to make a stiff
batter. —Mr,. Hattle.

Boiled Raisin Cake

Boil 1 cup raisins, let cool, 1c. b. sugar, 1%4 c. butter, 2
egos, 1 tsp. each nutmeg and cloves, add % cup of the raisin
water and 2 tbsps. of sour cream, 1 tsp. soda, 2 c. flour, last

of all fold in the raisins. —Mrs. Hattle.

Irish Cake

2 c. white sugar, % c. unsweetened chocolate, melted, 1 c.
mashed potatoes, 1 tsp. each cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg. | tsp.
soda dissolved in 1 c. sour milk, 2% c. flour, 1 lb. raisins. Bake
fully 1% hrs. in rather slow oven. —M. Coleman.

Gingerbread :

2 eggs, 34 c. each brown sugar, molasses and melted
shortening, 2% c. flour, 2 tsps. each soda and ginger, 1% tsps.
cinnamon, % tsp. each cloves, nutmeg and baking powder, |
c. boiling water. Add beaten eggs to sugar, molasses and
shortening. Then add dry ingredients which have been sifted
together. Lastly add boiling water and fold in. Bake with
oven about 400. —M. Coleman.

Jersey Lily Cake

Y% c. butter or shortening, 1c. white sugar, 1 c. sweet
milk, 2 egg whites, 1 tsp. vanilla, 2 tsps. b. powder, 2 c. flour,
nuts and raisins chopped. Cream butter and sugar, add egg
whites beaten, flour and milk alternately, add vanilla. Put
half of batter in pan, about 8x8; spread with nuts and raisins,
put remainder of batter over the top and bake in moderate
oven. —Mrs. Baptist, Vancouver.