Coconut Layer Cake

1/2 cup better
1 cup fine sugar
2 eggs
1 cup flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Cream butter adding sugar, add well beaten eggs a little at a time.  Sift flour, baking powder and salt.  Add to first mixture alternately with milk.  Bake in layer cake tins.

Filling

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
whites of 2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 tsp baking powder
1 cup coconut
boil sugar and water until it dissolves.  Fold into stiffly beaten egg whites.  Add coconut and baking powder until thick.

English Marble Cake

1 cup Crisco
2 cup sugar
4 eggs beaten
1 cup milk
1/2 cup pastry flour (I think this might be 2 cups...1/2 cup seems like not enough...it's hard to make it out)
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup raisins
2 tbsp melted chocolate
2 tbsp molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 tsp vanilla

Work sugar and Crisco to a cream.  Add egg milk.  Add flour salt baking powder.  Divide batter in half.  to 1 half add chocolate, molasses, spices and raisins; to other add vanilla.  Drop alternating in spoons full in greased tin.  Bake in moderate oven 1 hour, makes 2 loaves.  Ice with plain icing.

Caramell-Pineapple Cake

This is Grandma's spelling...I DO know how to spell Caramel.

Drain the juice from 1 cup full of shredded pineapple and arrange the fruit in a greased cake pan.  Sprinkle with a cup of brown sugar and over this pour a butter cake batter.  Bake and serve with whipped cream.

Chinese Chews

DISCLAIMER:  I didn't come up with this title...remember this book is over 100 year old...before political correctness took over.

1 cup sugar
1 cup broken nuts
1/2 cup boiling water
3/4 cup flour
2 eggs
1 cup chopped dates
1/4 tsp salt vanilla (we looked this up....its a real thing...salt infused with vanilla...you can find DIY recipes online)
1 tsp baking powder

Instructions (yes folks....finally some instructions!)
Beat eggs and sugar.  Add nuts and dates.  Pour boiling water on slowly, add salt vanilla and flour.  Bake.  Cut in 2 inch squares.  Roll and dip in granulated sugar.

Vernice's Cake

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup hot water
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup raisian
1/4 cup nuts
3 cups flour

That's it folks!  

Jelly Roll

4 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp cold water
Lemon (not sure whether this is juice of a lemon, or lemon zest, or lemon flavor....we'll have to guess)
flour to make batter not too stiff
Cook in moderate oven (use a jelly roll pan...grandma didn't say that)
When done, turn out and spread jelly and roll in a damp cloth.

Maple Walnut Cake

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
1 cup milk
2 cups flour
2 heaping tsp. baking powder
1 cup walnuts
2 tsp maple flavor

That's right folks...NO INSTRUCTIONS.  Grandma apparently never thought anyone else would look at this...we'll just make it up as we go.