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Lemon Orange Cake

Here is a recipe my middle daughter took to the county fair one year. It is delicious.

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup buttermilk1 teaspoon vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
FROSTING:1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened3 tablespoons orange juice3 tablespoons lemon juice1-2 tablespoons grated orange peel1-2 tablespoons grated lemon peel1 teaspoon lemon...

Book Drawing - She Walks in Beauty

She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell

For a young society woman seeking a favorable marriage, so much depends on her social season debut. Clara Carter has been given one goal: secure the affections of the city's most eligible bachelor.

Debuting means plenty of work--there are corsets to be fitted, dances to master, manners to perfect. Her training soon pays off, however, as celebrity's spotlight turns Clara into a society-page darling. Yet Clara soon wonders if this is the life she really...

Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson

Sixteen Brides, by Stephanie Grace Whitson

In 1872, sixteen Civil War widows living in St. Louis respond to a series of meetings conducted by a land speculator who lures them west by promising "prime homesteads" in a "booming community."

Unbeknownst to them, the speculator's true motive is to find an excuse to bring women to the fledgling community of Plum Grove, Nebraska, in hopes they will accept marriage proposals shortly after their arrival! Sparks fly when these unsuspecting widows meet...