One and one-half pounds sugar, ½ pound lard or butter, 9 eggs, 1 quart milk, ⅔ ounce soda, 1 pound corn meal, 2 pounds flour, 1⅓ ounces of cream of tartar, flavor lemon.
Take sugar and lard, rub to a cream, add the eggs, rub good. Now take the milk, dissolve the soda in the milk and mix. Take your sieve, put over the bowl, put the corn meal, cream of tartar and flour together, sieve through. Mix and bake in heat of 550 degrees F. Bake in cup cake pans, greased light. No icing. These cakes sell for one cent each, or six for five cents.
Three-quarters pound sugar, ¼ pound lard or butter, 3 eggs, 1 pint milk, ⅓ ounce soda, ¼ pound corn meal, ¾ pound flour, 1 ounce cream of tartar, flavor with lemon.
This mixture is mixed, greased and baked as Corn Muffin No. 1. Sold for one cent each, six for five cents.
6 qts. Water. 6 qts. Milk. 6 oz. Soda. 12 oz. Cream of Tartar. 1½ lbs. Lard. 7½ lbs. Sugar.
Add to the above sufficient flour to make a good stiff dough.
1 lb. Butter. 4 oz. Sugar. 1 qt. Water. 2 lbs. Flour. 28 Eggs.
A richer cruller can be made as follows: 1 lb. Butter, 4 oz. Sugar, 1¼ pts. Milk, 2½ lbs. Flour, 16 Eggs.
2 lbs. Lard. 3 pts. Water. 35 Eggs. 2 lbs. Spring Wheat Flour. ⅜ oz. Ammonia.
The above is used both for cream cakes and all kinds of eclairs. It is important to remember, however, that the dough for eclairs must be stiffer than for cream cakes. Before starting the mixture it is absolutely necessary, if you desire good results, to have all material properly prepared and ready for immediate use. Eggs should be broken and ready, likewise ammonia, pans, etc.
The lard and water should be allowed to boil for a minute before adding the flour, which must be done very quickly, stirring thoroughly. In fact everything must be done quickly if you want perfect goods. Add eggs, about 2 at a time, and when ready add ammonia. Results depend largely on having the dough just right, not too thick and not too thin. Too much ammonia will ruin the batch. Bake in hot oven.
3 pts. Molasses. 1½ pts. Water. 3 oz. Soda. 4½ lbs. Sugar. 1½ lbs. Lard. 9¼ lbs. Flour.
These are washed with water before baking. Medium oven. Some use ammonia and about 1½ lbs. of corn meal.
3 pts. Molasses. 3 pts. Water. 1½ oz Soda. 1½ oz. Cream of Tartar. 2 lbs. Crumbs. 1 lb. Lard. 6 lbs. Flour. Spices.