One cup sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 rounding teaspoonful of Royal baking powder, salt. Melt lump of butter size of a walnut, put into cup, break in an egg and fill cup with milk. Stir into dry ingredients; add 1 teaspoonful vanilla and beat 5 minutes. Bake in 2 layers.

Two eggs in cup, fill up with sour cream, 1 cup sugar, butter size of walnut, 1 cup flour and little salt, 1 level teaspoonful soda, flavoring to suit taste.

Four eggs, 1 cup sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls cold water, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoonful Royal baking powder, pinch salt, 1 teaspoonful flavoring.
Formula: Beat egg yolks, add sugar, cold water, flour sifted with baking powder and salt, flavoring. Fold in whites of eggs (beaten stiff.)

Half cup milk (sweet), 2 squares Baker's chocolate. Cook together till thick; 1 3/4 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter. Cream butter and sugar, add 3 well beaten eggs, 1/2 cup milk (sweet), 1/2 teaspoonful soda, 1 3/4 cups flour, 1 teaspoonful Royal baking powder. Sift flour and baking powder twice. Add chocolate last and flavor. Frosting: 1 cup sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls water. Boil until it threads. Beat a little; add whites of 2 eggs, beaten stiff.

Two cups brown sugar, 2 large tablespoonfuls lard, 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful cloves, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 pound raisins, 2 cups water, boil together 10 minutes; 3 cups flour, not sifted; 1 teaspoonful soda, 1/2 teaspoonful Royal baking powder.

One cup sugar, 2 eggs, creamed together; 1 cup cream, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Royal baking powder, 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla, 1/2 teaspoonful lemon.

Mocha Cake (layers): 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup cold strong coffee, 1 3/4 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Royal baking powder, 3 eggs, whites only. Cream butter and sugar, add coffee gradually with flour sifted with baking powder; last, add beaten whites of eggs. Frosting: 1/2 scant cup sugar, 5 tablespoonfuls water, 1 egg white, 1 1/2 tablespoonfuls burnt sugar, 1 teaspoonful vanilla. Method of making: Cook sugar and water until it threads; let stand while beating white of egg; add boiled sugar gradually, then burnt sugar and vanilla. Beat until cool enough to spread upon the cake. To burn sugar: 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup boiling water. Melt sugar in pan until it burns; add water slowly. This makes enough for several cakes.

Two eggs, beaten light; 2-3 cup sugar; beat again; 5 tablespoonfuls rapidly boiling water, beat again. Mix 1 cup sifted flour with 2 teaspoonfuls Royal baking powder and salt spoonful salt. Stir this into eggs quickly; add 1 teaspoonful vanilla. Turn at once into greased baking pans. Bake 12 minutes. Nice baked in patty tins or in 2 layers for peach short cake.

One cup sugar, 1/2 cup shortening, creamed together; 1 cup sour milk, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 level teaspoonful soda, 1 level teaspoonful cinnamon, 1 level teaspoonful nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoonful cloves, sifted together; 1/2 cup raisins, 2 ounces of nut meats, chopped. Bake in a moderate oven.

One and a half cups brown sugar, 1 cup butter, 1/2 cup sour milk, 3 eggs, 1/2 teaspoonful soda, 1 teaspoonful Royal baking powder, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup peel, mixed with nuts. Peel can be orange, etc., etc. Spices to suit the taste. Bake in slow oven.