"Suggestions for Housewives":
The cakemaker should remember that cakes without butter, such as sponge cake and lady fingers, require a quick oven with the exception of angels' food and sunshine cake. A cake made with butter calls for a rather moderate oven with the exception of dark spice cakes and fruit cakes, which should bake slowly and a long time, so that they will be permeated with the flavor of the spices and grow dark with long cooking.
The cakemaker should remember that cakes without butter, such as sponge cake and lady fingers, require a quick oven with the exception of angels' food and sunshine cake. A cake made with butter calls for a rather moderate oven with the exception of dark spice cakes and fruit cakes, which should bake slowly and a long time, so that they will be permeated with the flavor of the spices and grow dark with long cooking.