How We Cook in Tennessee

Ingredients

• one cup warm milk
• two cups sugar beaten in four yellows of eggs
• one-quarter cups flour measured before sifted
• one teaspoon baking powder
• three cups sugar
• three cups flour
• one cup butter
• one cup corn starch
• one cup milk
• one teaspoon soda
• two teaspoons cream tartar
• half cup brown sugar
• half cup butter
• three cups sifted flour
• one teaspoon each of cinnamon
• two teaspoons soda in boiling water
• four cups flour
• two tablespoons ginger
• one teaspoon of soda
• one quart molasses
• one cup sugar
• two tablespoons soda
• one cup lard
• one tablespoon salt
• two tablespoonfuls molasses
• quarter cup of butter
• one tablespoonful of soda
• half cup of sugar
• half cup of 160
• six eggs beaten stiff
• one-quarter cake chocolate dissolved in one cup warm milk
• four yellows of eggs
• four eggs beaten stiff
• one dozen blocks
• twelve eggs
• half whipped
• two well beaten eggs
• five eggs
• two eggs
• two heaping tablespoons ginger
• one egg

Directions

1. added last, whites of six eggs beaten stiff. Beat well and bake in loaf or layers in moderate oven. Use any filling or icing preferred.

2. Chocolate Block Cake. — One-quarter cake chocolate dissolved in one cup warm milk, two cups sugar beaten in four yellows of eggs, one and one-quarter cups flour measured before sifted, one teaspoon baking powder, whites of the four eggs beaten stiff. This makes one dozen blocks. Ice them with white icing and decorate with whole English walnuts. — Tested by Mrs. Benton.

3. Perfection Cake. — Three cups sugar, three cups flour, one cup butter, one cup corn starch, one cup milk, one teaspoon soda, two teaspoons cream tartar, twelve eggs. Whip whites thor- oughly and add sugar ; cream butter and add to the eggs ; then spoon at a time add flour, milk and corn starch.. Dissolve soda in milk and put cream tartar in eggs when about half whipped. — Woman's Exchange.

4. Dixie Ginger Cake. — Half cup brown sugar, half cup butter, three cups sifted flour, one teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and ginger, two teaspoons soda in boiling water, two well beaten eggs. Bake in gem tins or bread pan, and serve with sauce. — Mrs. John H. Gary.

5. Soft Ginger Cake. — Five eggs, four cups flour, two of sugar, one of butter, one of molasses, two tablespoons ginger, one teaspoon of soda.

6. Ginger Cake. — Take one quart molasses, one cup sugar in it, two tablespoons soda, two eggs, one cup lard, two heaping tablespoons ginger, flour to make a dough of medium stiffness, one tablespoon salt, knead well, roll and cut with biscuit cutter, Brush over the cakes with a mop dipped in mixture of yolk of one egg and two tablespoonfuls molasses ; bake in rather quick oven. — Mrs. Reese Lillard.

7. Grandmother's Ginger Cake. — Quarter cup of butter, one tablespoonful of soda, half cup of sugar, one egg, half cup of

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.