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AUNT CAROLINE'S DIXIELAND RECIPES
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TUTTI FRUTTI CAKE

Two cups of sugar,
One cup of milk,
One cup of butter,
Three cups of flour (sifted three times)
One cup of cornstarch into which has been sifted three teaspoons of baking powder,
One teaspoonful of almond extract.

Cream butter and sugar, add milk, flour, cornstarch and flavoring. Bake in layers in moderate oven.

MAGNOLIA SPONGE CAKE

Three eggs beaten separately and then together,
One and one-half cups of sugar,
One and one-half cups of flour,
One and one-half teaspoonsful of baking powder,
One-hlf cup-of boiling water.

Mix in the order given and cook in biscuit pan in moderate oven.

BRIDE’S CAKE

Whites of eighteen eggs,
One pound of flour,
One pound of sugar,
Three-fourths pound of butter.

Sift flour three times after adding to it a teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream of tartar. Cream butter and sugar until very light and add to the stiffly beaten whites. Next add the flour, beating it in lightly with the hand. Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla or almond extract and bake in slow oven.