The measures of flour are, in all cases, of _sifted flour_, which can be sifted by the quantity, and kept in a wooden pail.

"Prepared flour" is especially nice for doughnuts and plain cakes.

No great variety of receipts is given, as every family is sure to have one enthusiastic cake-maker who gleans from all sources; and this book aims to give fuller space to substantials than to sweets.

Half the energy spent by many housekeepers upon cake would insure the perfect bread, which, nine times out of ten, is not found upon their tables, and success in which they count an impossibility.

If cake is to be made, however, let it be done in the most perfect way; seeing only that bread is first irreproachable.
SPONGE CAKE.
One pound of the finest granulated, or of powdered, sugar; half a pound of sifted flour; ten eggs; grated rind of two lemons, and the juice of one; and a saltspoonful of salt.
Break the eggs, yolks and whites separately, and beat the yolks to a creamy froth.