Four recipes on these two pages, which are presented together because the Apple Cake recipe spans them. That recipe is complete. The others are mainly lists of ingredients.
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Layer Snow Cake 1/2 cup of butter 1 " " sugar powder 1 1/2 " " flour 1/2 " sweet milk Whites of 4 eggs 1 heaping teaspoon of baking powder sifted with the flour. for yellow layers use same with the yolks of eggs. Apple Cake 1 pt of sifted flour 2 teaspoons of Baking powder 1/2 " of Salt sift together several times Beat one egg and add to a cup of sweet Milk with two tablespoons of melted butter stir this into the flour and add enough warm milk to make a soft dough Roll out the crust 1/2 inch thick and cover the bottom of a well greased long shallow pan Now cover this crust with juicy apples pared quartered and the sharp side of the apple pressed in the dough sprinkle with cinnamon brown sugar + bits of butter bake until crust + apples are brown serve with ---- (might be "cream") Tea Biscuit 2 qts flour a little salt 2 teaspoon of cream of tartar large spoon of Lard 3 cups Milk teaspoon of soda into The milk Short Cake 1 tablespoon of shortening 1/2 cup of sugar beat to cream add 2 eggs 2/3 cup of Milk 2 cups of flour 2 teaspoons of baking powder make two layers