Beat until smooth, then add one tablespoon of melted butter and use.

BUTTER CREAM ICING

Wash salt from two ounces of butter, then beat until creamy, then add white of one egg and beat until mixture fluffs, then add

  One teaspoonful vanilla extract,
  One-half teaspoonful almond or rose extract,
  One pound XXXX sugar.

Beat to thoroughly blend, if too thick, add one tablespoonful of boiling water, spread between layers and use for icing the cake.  Cakes covered with butter cream icing may also be covered with finely chopped nuts or toasted cocoanut.  To toast cocoanut, put cocoanut in pan in hot oven for few minutes, stirring frequently until it just begins to take the color.

SOFT GINGERBREAD

  One cup of molasses,
  One-half cup of sugar,
  Eight tablespoons of shortening,
  Two and one-half cups of flour,
  One teaspoon of soda dissolved in one-half cup of water,
  One teaspoon of ginger,
  One-half teaspoon of cloves,
  Two teaspoons of cinnamon,
  Two teaspoons of baking powder.

Beat hard to blend and then pour into well-greased and floured pan and bake in a slow oven for thirty-five minutes.

PLAIN WATER ICING

Place in bowl

  One pound XXXX sugar. 
  Two tablespoonfuls cornstarch,
  One teaspoonful lemon juice,
  Sufficient hot water to spread.

Beat to mix, then use.

ORANGE WATER ICING

Place in bowl

  One pound XXXX sugar,
  Two tablespoonfuls cornstarch,
  Yolk of one egg,
  One teaspoonful grated orange peel.

Sufficient hot orange juice to make a mixture which will spread.  Beat hard for a few minutes to make glassy.

MOLASSES CAKE

Place in a mixing bowl

  One-half cup of syrup,
  One-half cup of brown sugar,
  Six tablespoons of shortening,
  One egg.

Cream well and then add

  One cup of seeded raisins,
  Two and one-half cups of flour,
  One-half teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in
  One-quarter cup of cold water or milk,
  One-quarter teaspoonful mace,
  One-quarter teaspoonful cloves,
  One-half teaspoonful ginger.

Work to a smooth dough and then roll on a slightly floured board and cut.  Brush the tops of the cakes with syrup and sprinkle with finely chopped nuts.  Bake for eight minutes in a moderate oven.  This makes about three dozen cakes.

WHITE MOUNTAIN ICING

Place in saucepan

  Two cups of sugar,
  One-half cup of corn syrup,
  One-half cup of water.