Joan Kelly added more recipes to this section of the cookbook than any other. Everyone loves cakes and cookies, they are both comfort foods and foods for celebration.
Little Danish Cakes
2 hard boiled yolks, 2 raw yolks
1 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream the hard boiled eggs &
the butter, then add sugar
mix thoroughly. Then add raw
yolks and vanilla. Beat hard
add the flour & knead with
the hands, (as it is too stiff to use spoon
Beat the whites & rub over top of cakes,
sprinkle with sugar, roll thin, bake
delicate brown.
2 hard boiled yolks, 2 raw yolks
1 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream the hard boiled eggs &
the butter, then add sugar
mix thoroughly. Then add raw
yolks and vanilla. Beat hard
add the flour & knead with
the hands, (as it is too stiff to use spoon
Beat the whites & rub over top of cakes,
sprinkle with sugar, roll thin, bake
delicate brown.
Crisp Cookies
1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar
3 eggs well beaten
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 “ “ cream tartar
1 “ “ nutmeg, 1 teasp. cinnamon
3 cup flour. Wine or whiskey
enough to make the dough soft
to roll cut. Spread with sweet
milk & sugar.
Hermits
3 eggs, 1 cup butter, 1 1/2 gr. sugar*
1 cup seed & chopped raisins
1 “ chopped walnuts, 1 teasp.
cloves, 1 of allspice & one of cinnamon
Enough flour to roll, 1/2 teasp. baking
powder. Half nut placed on
top of each cake. Butter pans &
flour before putting in cakes.
* “gr.” is an abbreviation for grain, an archaic weight measurement. 1 1/2 grains = 0.01grams
1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar
3 eggs well beaten
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 “ “ cream tartar
1 “ “ nutmeg, 1 teasp. cinnamon
3 cup flour. Wine or whiskey
enough to make the dough soft
to roll cut. Spread with sweet
milk & sugar.
Hermits
3 eggs, 1 cup butter, 1 1/2 gr. sugar*
1 cup seed & chopped raisins
1 “ chopped walnuts, 1 teasp.
cloves, 1 of allspice & one of cinnamon
Enough flour to roll, 1/2 teasp. baking
powder. Half nut placed on
top of each cake. Butter pans &
flour before putting in cakes.
* “gr.” is an abbreviation for grain, an archaic weight measurement. 1 1/2 grains = 0.01grams
Excellent Fruit Cake. Mother.
1 cup butter, 2 cups brown sugar
1 cup molasses, 1 teaspoon each of cloves
cinnamon & allspice, 1 cup strong coffee
4 1/2 cups flour. 4 eggs, 2 teasp. soda, 2 lbs.
raisins, 1 lb. currants, 1/4 lb. citron, 1 lb. orange
peel & lemon peel.
1 cup butter, 2 cups brown sugar
1 cup molasses, 1 teaspoon each of cloves
cinnamon & allspice, 1 cup strong coffee
4 1/2 cups flour. 4 eggs, 2 teasp. soda, 2 lbs.
raisins, 1 lb. currants, 1/4 lb. citron, 1 lb. orange
peel & lemon peel.
1/2 cup nuts, wine glass brandy. Bake in
deep dish lined with three thicknesses of
greased brown paper. Slow oven 2 or 2 1/2
hours. If desired the brandy may be
omitted in the cake & poured over the
cake while it is still warm.
Potato Cake - Aunt Ella
2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup
lard, 4 eggs beaten separately
1/2 cup milk, 1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup grated chocolate, 1 cup chopped
walnuts, 2 cups flour, 2 teasp.
B.P., 1 teasp. each of cinnamon
nutmeg & cloves.
Date Bars
Ten grains salt*
1 cupful sugar 1 pound dates, chopped
3 eggs 1 cupful flour
1 cupful chopped walnuts 1 teasp. baking powder
Beat egg yolks, combine with sugar
& stir until creamy. Mix together the
flour baking pow. & salt, add nuts
& dates, beat the eggs whites stiff
& add alternately with the flour mixture
to the yolks & sugar. Bake in sheet, cut
into bars, & frost with white & choc. frosting
Decorate with nut meats & stoned dates.
deep dish lined with three thicknesses of
greased brown paper. Slow oven 2 or 2 1/2
hours. If desired the brandy may be
omitted in the cake & poured over the
cake while it is still warm.
Potato Cake - Aunt Ella
2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup
lard, 4 eggs beaten separately
1/2 cup milk, 1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup grated chocolate, 1 cup chopped
walnuts, 2 cups flour, 2 teasp.
B.P., 1 teasp. each of cinnamon
nutmeg & cloves.
Date Bars
Ten grains salt*
1 cupful sugar 1 pound dates, chopped
3 eggs 1 cupful flour
1 cupful chopped walnuts 1 teasp. baking powder
Beat egg yolks, combine with sugar
& stir until creamy. Mix together the
flour baking pow. & salt, add nuts
& dates, beat the eggs whites stiff
& add alternately with the flour mixture
to the yolks & sugar. Bake in sheet, cut
into bars, & frost with white & choc. frosting
Decorate with nut meats & stoned dates.
Dutch cookies, fine
1 cup butter Cream sugar & butter
1 “ sugar add egg, then liquids
3 “ flour & flour, roll & cut in
1 egg squares.
3 tablesp. brandy
1/2 cup blanched almonds
Nettie’s special cake
1 1/2 cup sugar, 3/4 cup butter, cream
2 1/2 cup Swans down flour
2 tablesp. baking powder
3 eggs. one at a time, with flour
add 3/4 cup milk, beat thoroughly
baling powder last, enough for 3 layers.
Lightning Cake
Melt 1/4 cup butter, break in 2
eggs, fill with milk.
[Unintelligible] in another dish -
1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking
powder, & 1 cup sugar.
Mix all together, stir one minute
flavor. Bake in two layers.
[Use?] large sized cups.
1 cup butter Cream sugar & butter
1 “ sugar add egg, then liquids
3 “ flour & flour, roll & cut in
1 egg squares.
3 tablesp. brandy
1/2 cup blanched almonds
Nettie’s special cake
1 1/2 cup sugar, 3/4 cup butter, cream
2 1/2 cup Swans down flour
2 tablesp. baking powder
3 eggs. one at a time, with flour
add 3/4 cup milk, beat thoroughly
baling powder last, enough for 3 layers.
Lightning Cake
Melt 1/4 cup butter, break in 2
eggs, fill with milk.
[Unintelligible] in another dish -
1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking
powder, & 1 cup sugar.
Mix all together, stir one minute
flavor. Bake in two layers.
[Use?] large sized cups.
Aunt Ella’s Pound Cake
1 1/2 cups pastry flour, 1 cup butter
Mix flour and butter together.
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 “ canned milk
3 eggs separated
Beat yolks with sugar & milk
2 teasp baking Pow., 1/2 teasp salt
1/2 teasp mace. A little grated fresh orange peel
Add whites last thing. Bake in
paper lined, ungreased Pan.
Oat Meal Cookies
1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, creamed with
butter, 1 cup seedless raisins
1 cup chopped nuts, 2 tablesp. cinnamon
1 teasp. nutmeg, 1/2 teasp. salt, 1/2 teasp.
soda, dissolved in 1 cup raw sour milk
2 cups flour, 2 cups oatmeal, Quaker Oats
Drop from tablesp. onto greased pan
Banana Cake -
1 cup mashed bananas, about 4,
1 1/2 [cup] sugar, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup sour milk
2 cups flour sifted 6 times, & add 1 scant
teasp. Bak. Po. & 3/4 teasp. soda sifted once more
1 teasp. vanilla.
1 “ “ lemon
Cream butter & sugar, put in
2 whole eggs, don’t beat eggs, add
milk & flour gradually [unintelligible]
& bananas.
1 1/2 cups pastry flour, 1 cup butter
Mix flour and butter together.
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 “ canned milk
3 eggs separated
Beat yolks with sugar & milk
2 teasp baking Pow., 1/2 teasp salt
1/2 teasp mace. A little grated fresh orange peel
Add whites last thing. Bake in
paper lined, ungreased Pan.
Oat Meal Cookies
1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, creamed with
butter, 1 cup seedless raisins
1 cup chopped nuts, 2 tablesp. cinnamon
1 teasp. nutmeg, 1/2 teasp. salt, 1/2 teasp.
soda, dissolved in 1 cup raw sour milk
2 cups flour, 2 cups oatmeal, Quaker Oats
Drop from tablesp. onto greased pan
Banana Cake -
1 cup mashed bananas, about 4,
1 1/2 [cup] sugar, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup sour milk
2 cups flour sifted 6 times, & add 1 scant
teasp. Bak. Po. & 3/4 teasp. soda sifted once more
1 teasp. vanilla.
1 “ “ lemon
Cream butter & sugar, put in
2 whole eggs, don’t beat eggs, add
milk & flour gradually [unintelligible]
& bananas.
Orange Raisin Cake.
1 cup sugar 1 teasp. soda
1/2 “ shortening 1 orange, rind & juice
1 teasp. salt 1 cup raisins
2 eggs, large
2/3 cup sour milk with teasp. vinegar added
2 cups flour
Cream shortening & sugar, eggs, beat
eggs well, sift flour & soda together
& add alternately with sour milk.
Cover raisins with boiling water & let
stand while making cake, then
drain and grind raisins thro fine cutter
add at last, grind orange skin &
squeeze the juice of half large orange
into ground skins, put into cake
batter with raisins at last, & cake
in 350° oven for one hour. Use tube pan
While cake is hot baste with orange
juice form 1 orange, & 1/2 cup sugar,
2 teasp rum extract, (rum optional)
let cool in pan.
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