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"Huckleberry" Cake Mrs. Matson.
1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 2 cups flour 2/3 cup milk. 2 eggs beaten separately. 1 teaspoon cream tartar 1/2 teaspoon soda 1 cup berries add a little more flour if berries are used.
Mountain Cake Mrs.Matson. No. 1.
1 lb. sugar 1 lb. flour 1/2 cup butter 1 cup milk 6 eggs 1 tea spoon soda 2 tea spoon cream tartar. Bake on flat tins in layers like jelly cake with frosting between each layer.
Mountain Cake. Mrs. Abbott. No. 2. 
The whites of 3 eggs yolks of 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour. Put together with frosting.
White Mountain Cake. Mrs. Jones.
1 lb. flour 1 lb. sugar 1/2 lb. butter 1 tea cup sweet milk 6 eggs 2 tea spoons cream tartar 1 tea spoon soda 1/2 tea spoon bitter almonds 1 tea spoon vanilla. Bake in 4 long cakes. The white of 3 eggs beaten to a stiff froth with sugar as for frosting. Put between the cakes as Jelly cake.

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"Huckleberry" Cake Mrs. Matson. 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 2 cups flour 2/3 cup milk. 2 eggs beaten separately. 1 teaspoon cream tartar 1/2 teaspoon soda 1 cup berries add a little more flour if berries are used. Mountain Cake Mrs.Matson. No. 1. 1 lb. sugar 1 lb. flour 1/2 cup butter 1 cup milk 6 eggs 1 tea spoon soda 2 tea spoon cream tartar. Bake on flat tins in layers like jelly cake with frosting between each layer. Mountain Cake. Mrs. Abbott. No. 2. The whites of 3 eggs yolks of 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour. Put together with frosting. White Mountain Cake. Mrs. Jones. 1 lb. flour 1 lb. sugar 1/2 lb. butter 1 tea cup sweet milk 6 eggs 2 tea spoons cream tartar 1 tea spoon soda 1/2 tea spoon bitter almonds 1 tea spoon vanilla. Bake in 4 long cakes. The white of 3 eggs beaten to a stiff froth with sugar as for frosting. Put between the cakes as Jelly cake.