250 Classic Cake Recipes

Note: This edition of 250 Classic Cake Recipes has been updated to include Metric equivalents.


250 marvelous cake recipes, plus pages of additional information, that take the mystery out of cake baking.


Every homemaker hopes to make the perfect cake. This is entirely possible with our present knowledge and equipment. “Lady Luck” of our grandmothers’ day no longer plays a role in cake-making. If standard measuring equipment and quality ingredients are used and the directions for mixing and baking are followed carefully a perfect cake is the result.


There are two types of cakes: those made with shortening and those made without shortening. Cakes without shortening are sponge type and depend for leavening on air beaten into eggs.


Topics include: BUDGET CAKES, CHOCOLATE CAKES, WHITE CAKES, SPONGE CAKES, CAKES IN GENERAL, PARTY CAKES, CAKES WITH FRUIT, UPSIDE-DOWN CAKES, SPICE CAKES, FRUIT CAKES and FILLINGS and FROSTINGS.