One lb. brown sugar, 1/2 cup cream or not quite 1/2 cup milk, lump of butter size of a small egg. Boil 5 minutes; flavor to taste with vanilla.

One cup of chopped hickory nuts, 1 cup of chopped figs, 1 cup of chopped raisins, 1 cup of sugar, whites of 2 eggs, cook the nuts, raisins, figs and sugar with a little water 15 minutes, stirring to keep from burning. Beat the whites of the eggs and stir thoroughly into the raisin mash.

If the top of a cake is sprinkled with flour as soon as it is turned from the pan, the icing will spread more easily and will not be so likely to run. Before the cake is iced most of the flour should be wiped off.

1 egg white
pinch of salt
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. strawberries, crushed

Beat the egg white with the salt. Gradually add the sugar, beating onstantly. Add strawberries and beat until stiff (about 20 minutes). Cover cold cake. Garnish with whole berries if desired.

1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 8-oz. pkg. softened cream cheese
1 t. vanilla
3-4 c. sifted powdered sugar
1-2 T. fresh lemon juice

Combine butter, cream cheese and vanilla;
beat until well blended. Add sugar gradually
until thickness desired. Add lemon juice as
desired. If frosting is too thick, add more
lemon juice to thin.

This is delicious!

1 egg white
3/4 c. sugar
1/8 t. cream of tartar
3 T. water
1/2 t. vanilla

Put all ingredients in top of double boiler and beat until thick.

Juice of one orange
1/4 to 1/2 C. sugar
remaining grated rind

While cake is baking, mix juice, rind and sugar and allow to stand, stirring occasionally. After removing cake from oven, pour this mixture over it. Allow cake to cool in pan.

1 cup powdered sugar
Butter size of egg
1 tablespoon cocoa
Cold coffee

Mix sugar and cocoa. Rub in the butter and moisten to
desired consistency with the cold coffee.

1 cup sugar
1-3 cup water
White of 1 egg
1-3 cup white karo syrup

Boil sugar, syrup and water until it forms a soft ball in
water. Beat egg white until stiff and pour syrup mixture
over. Beat until cold.

1 pound brown sugar
1/2 cup of water

Boil until it forms a soft ball when dropped into cup cold water.

Beat white of one egg until very stiff. Pour boiling syrup onto egg a little at a time stirring constantly. When it gets a little stiff, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.

1 cup sugar
1 egg white (unbeaten)
4 tablespoons cold water, vanilla

Put all in double boiler and beat with egg beater for eight minutes. Melted chocolate may be added while beating.