1/2-1-2-3-4 Cake
One-half cup butter, large; one cup milk, two cups sugar, three cups
flour, four eggs and three teaspoonfuls baking powder. This can be used
as a layer cake, or nuts or raisins can be added.
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1 2 3 4 Cake
1 cup butter, 2 of sugar, 3 of flour, 4 eggs, 1 cup milk, 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon each of vanilla and lemon. Rub the butter and sugar until very light and creamy; then add 2 eggs and beat well; add 2 more and beat again; then... 1 Banana Croquettes
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Cut a breast of lamb into small pieces, season, and stew until tender in enough gravy to cover the meat. Thicken the sauce, flavor with a wine-glass of wine, pile in the centre of a platter and garnish with green peas. ... 1 Stuffed Fillets Of Flounders
Take fillets from a flounder weighing 2-1/2 lbs., season with salt and pepper, and a few drops of onion juice, if desired. Spread on one half of each fillet a tablespoonful of mashed potato (about 1 cup should be prepared) mixed with the beaten yolk... 1 Turbot A La Creme
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Boil 3 eggs, cut in slices crosswise and line the bottom and sides of a mould. Place in the mould alternate layers of thin slices of cold veal and ham. Cover with stock well boiled down. Set into the oven for 1/2 an hour; when cold turn out of mould... 1/2-1-2-3-4 Cake
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Sift together 3 cups of sifted flour and a teaspoonful of salt. Beat the yolks of three eggs until very light, add 1 pt. of milk and stir into the dry ingredients. Then beat the whites of three eggs, beaten dry. Bake in small buttered tins in a very... 10 Sardine Sandwiches
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