APPLE SPICE CAKE

1/2 cup fat 1/2 cup sugar 1 beaten egg 1/3 cup molasses 1/2 cup tart apple sauce 1/2 cup raisins, dates, prunes or currants (chopped) 1-1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Cream fat and sugar.  Add egg.  Alternate dry ingredients (which have been sifted together) with the liquid.  Add fruit last.  Beat well.  Bake as loaf about 15 minutes, or in muffin pans about 25 minutes.

CRISP GINGER COOKIES

1 cup of molasses 2 tablespoons of fat 1 teaspoon soda and 1 teaspoon water (hot) 1 cup of flour 1 tablespoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt About 3 cups flour

Heat molasses and fat until fat is melted.  Sift spices with one cup of flour.  Dissolve soda in one teaspoon of hot water.  Combine all and add enough more flour to make dough stiff enough to roll out.  Bake 12 to 15 minutes in moderate oven.

SOFT CINNAMON COOKIES

1 cup molasses 2 tablespoons fat 1/2 cup boiling water 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon ginger 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon of cloves

Mix molasses, fat, and boiling water.  Sift dry ingredients.  Add the liquid.  Add enough more flour (about four cups) to make dough stiff enough to roll out.  Cut and bake about 15 minutes in moderately hot oven.

WARTIME FRUIT CAKE

1 cup honey or corn syrup 1 tablespoon fat 1 egg 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped dates, figs, prunes or raisins 3/4 teaspoon soda 2/3 cup milk

Cream fat, honey and egg.  Sift dry ingredients.  Add alternately with milk.  Bake in loaf 45 minutes in moderate oven.

HOT WATER GINGER CAKES

1-1/2 cup molasses 3/4 cup boiling water 2-1/2 cups flour 1-1/8 teaspoons soda 1-1/2 teaspoons ginger 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup fat

Sift dry ingredients.  Mix fat, molasses and boiling water.  Add dry ingredients.  Beat briskly for a few minutes, and pour into greased muffin pans.  Bake twenty to thirty minutes in moderate oven.

SPICED OATMEAL FRUIT CAKES

1-3/4 cups whole wheat flour 3/4 cup cooked oatmeal 2/3 cup corn syrup 1/2 cup raisins, dates, prunes or figs 1/4 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3 tablespoons fat

Heat the corn syrup and fat.  Sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture.  Add fruit last.  Bake in muffin pans for 30 minutes.

FRUIT WONDER CAKES