Cream together the butter and sugar, add milk and flavoring. Stir cream
of tartar and soda into dry flour. Last of all add whites of eggs,
beaten to a stiff froth. To make a very good cake, the butter and sugar
should be creamed with the hand. Citron also makes it very nice.



=Sponge Cake, No.1=

3 Eggs
1 1/2 Cupfuls of Sugar
1/2 Cupful of Water
Pinch of Salt
1 1/2 Cupfuls of Flour
1 Teaspoonful of Cream of Tartar
1/2 Teaspoonful of Soda

Beat eggs and sugar together, add water and salt, then put soda and
cream of tartar into the dry flour. Beat all together. Bake slowly.



=Sponge Cake, No. 2, Grandmother's Rule=

4 Eggs
Pinch of Salt
1 Cupful of Sugar
1 Cupful of Flour
1 Teaspoonful of Baking-powder