Place in a mixing bowl

One cup of sugar,
Yolks of three eggs.

Cream until light lemon color, then add

Six tablespoonfuls cold water,
One and one-quarter cups flour,
Two teaspoonfuls baking powder,
Pinch salt

Beat just enough to mix. Then cut and fold in the stiffly beaten
whites of three eggs. Bake in well-greased and floured cake pan with
tube in centre in moderate oven forty minutes.


FRUIT CAKE

Place in mixing bowl

One-half cupful of brown sugar,
One cupful of molasses,
Two tablespoons of cocoa,
One egg,
One and one-half level teaspoonfuls of baking soda,
One cup cold coffee,
Three and one-half cupfuls sifted flour,
One and one-half teaspoonfuls cinnamon,
One teaspoonful nutmeg,