VANITY CAKE. MRS. JOHN LANDON.

One and a half cups sugar, half cup butter, half cup sweet milk, one
and one-half cups flour, half cup corn starch, teaspoonful baking
powder, whites of six eggs; bake in two cakes, putting a frosting
between and on top. Grate cocoanut all over.



DEVILS FOOD CAKE. MRS. FENTON FISH.

Two cups darkest brown sugar, one-half cup butter, two eggs, one-half
cup sour milk, three cups flour, one pinch salt; mix thoroughly
together. Take one-half cup boiling water; stir into this one
teaspoon soda, and one-half cup grated Baker's chocolate; stir into
batter.

FILLING.--Two cups dark brown sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup
sweet milk or cream. Cook until it threads.



DEVILS FOOD CAKE. MRS. G. H. WRIGHT.

PART I.--One cup brown sugar, three quarters of a cup butter, one-half
cup sour milk, two and one-half cups sifted flour, one level teaspoon
soda, yolks of three eggs, whites of two. Stir this together, and
then add--

PART II.--One cup brown sugar, one-half cup sweet milk, one cup grated