The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-05-22
THE BAKERS SKILL
A GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE ART
OF MAKING CAKES.
The Latest Novelties-The Grease-Laden
Loaves of Former Times No Longer
In Existence-Trium Of the
Confectioner's Art.
IChicago News Interview. |

Fine cake-making Is not q secret, but 1t Is
man festy an art. The regulation, old-time
fruit caka, pound cake and jumbles are
till to be sen, but they no longer hold the
palm. Even the delicious sponge cake, SO
delightful in childhood's memory, now takes
mo lest back seat before the appearance Of
the multitu le Of other light, festhery loaves
Gn layer cakes.
We sell on an average about $500 worth
OF cake each month," said young lady be-
hind the small counter of place wher,
genuine III site compounds In the way
bread, ca e, preserves, etc, are offered fol
sale. "Tme demand Is about equal for
delicate baf cakes and layer cakes. We
have some call for old-fashioDed fruit
cake, but tiere are several fruit cakes made
now much lighter and less indigestible that
rally taste nicer, too, and they seem to be
rrrferred. We keep that old-tims standby.
'und caks. on hand always too. Layer
c eS are filled with everything--jellies,
'olate, nuts, creams, and fruit A favor
axe |, the one made with English wal
s. now cake is called walnut cream
avor being in the filing. Another new
9 is pineapple The canned fruit is used,
ng chopped fine and mixed with frosting
e the filling 'Pinafore' cake is made with
a'ernate layers OF pink and white icing, the
rHuS being given its tint by using a few drops
oi the fruit coloring that can be bought at
any grocer. Dolly Warden cake is
the same thing except that instead Of
pure white icing chocolate is mixed
with it. Tue lighter and more delicate
cake can be male the better it Is liksi.
Consequently the greasy loaves. heavy
with good butter, watch our mothers were
taught to consider the proper temptation to
place before company, no lon ;er have an ex-
istence. The cake made now Is mostly harm
less to the most deiicately organized stom-
achs, but it's awfuliy expensive to make.
"But few oraamsnted cakes are used by
Americans except on some pronounced fes-
tai occasion like wedding, and not always
then. The Germans make the most use Of
ornamental cakes, but the cake Is very light
Some Of the ornaments designed to make
the tops OF cakes glorious are indeed Of fear
full and wonderful construction. I saw q
lot the other day-40o or 500. There were
those not more than inch high, and some
queer constructions at least three feet tall
"One had the form Of the trunk Of
palm-tree given to IL. with an immense,
bu>hy head composed Of trailing rose vines,
with silver leaves and orange buds. Beneath
~ stooi WuSed uBuTo dTrdyeu III CLOAK
a Ia Hamlet-and engaged in the act Of
hurling forth a crown Of thorns 1t was
touching matrimonial symbol Then there
were hands clasping hand, soma tinted
flesh color, with the most miraculous cuffs
and frills about the wrists or course there
W re marriage bells and horse shoes without
number. and of considerable price. There
were brides whose candy heads and sugar
features were shaded by little wells Think
OF bri ie standing on a cakel But more et-
fective than the bride al ne were the repre-
sentatives Of the bride and bridegroom; he
was clothed in tho prescribed full dress
black suit, with gloves, and shirt-front a:
immaculate as .theIconfectioner's art could
manufacture for him from sweet stuffs.
"Tne German people sometimes use col.
ored flowers on cakes for special occasions,
but not for weddings. Many Americans,
however, consider cakes ornamented in any
way suggestive Of being thing to gaze upon
and not to eat, in very bad taste, and seldom
use them. 1t Is generally understood, even
by the buyers Of these decorated loaves, that
being for ornamentation they are Of inferior
quality. Chicago people buy large quaint.
ity of nice cake, and we could sell far more
than we do il we had stores in different sec
tions of the city. 1t Is field Of enterprise
open to any woman who knows how to bake
skillfully, and Pm sure don't know why
more do not venture upon it"