This section is from the book "Hanover Cook Book", by The Library Association. Also available from Amazon: The Hanover Cook Book.
1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup strong coffee or sweet milk, 4 cups flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 1/2 lbs. of fruit mixed, currants, citron and raisins, 2 teaspoonfuls of cloves and cin-namon mixed, some nutmeg. Anna H. Jagle, Marietta, Pa.
2 cups of sugar, 1/2 cup of butter, 3 eggs, 1 cup of sweet milk, 3 cupfuls of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of bak-ing powder. This will make two layers.
2 scant cups of brown sugar, 4 table-spoonfuls of water, butter size of walnut, 1/4 cake of chocolate, grated; boil until it is tough when dropped on a cold plate. Mrs. D. D. Ehrhart.
1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of flour, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in vinegar. Mrs. Susan Eyster.
One-half cup butter, creamed; 2 cupfuls sugar, 1 cupful sweet milk, 3 cupfuls flour, whites of 4 eggs beaten until light and added last, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, mixed with the flour. C. G. M.
Dark Portion - 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup of Orleans molasses, 1/2 cup of strong coffee, 2 1/4 cups of flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 tea-spoonful of cinnamon, 1/2 lb. raisins.
Light Portion - 1/2 cup of butter, 2 cups of white sugar, 1 cup sweet milk, whites of 4 eggs, 3 cups of flour, 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. This is baked in alternate layers. H. Ethel Hoke.
1 cup water, 1/2 cup shortening, 1/2 teaspoonful cin-namon, 1/2 teaspoonful cloves, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoonful salt. Boil all together, let partly cool, add 1 teaspoonful soda. Let cool alto-gether and add 2 cups flour. Mrs. J. C. Carey.
2 cups white sugar, 1 1/2 cups of thick milk, 1/2 lb. grated chocolate, 1 1/2 even teaspoonfuls of soda, melt and pour in with thick milk, 3/4 of a cup of boiling water, 2 1/2 cups of flour.
1 lb. XXXX sugar, little lump of butter, 1 tablespoonful of vanilla and 3/4 of a cup of water; melt over steam. Mrs. E. P. Kuhn.
3 eggs, 1 minute; 1 1/2 cups of white sugar, 5 minutes; 1 cup flour, 1 minute; 1/2 cup cold water, 1 minute;
1 cup flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Put this in last cup of flour; flavor to taste.
Mrs. W. H. Sheffer.
1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 egg, butter the size of a walnut, 2 teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 cup of thick milk and 2 cups of flour.
Mrs. E. P. Kuhn.
Sift 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoonful bak-ing powder, J cup butter, whites of 2 eggs broken over butter, fill cup up with milk and beat 10 min-utes.
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, 3/4 cup cream, 1 tablespoonful butter; boil until thick enough to spread on cake; if not thick enough boil a little longer. Mrs. Anna A. Kaiser.
 
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