Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
ORANGE cusTARD PUDDING.

ORANGE CUsIARD PUDDING.
Mix one tablespoonful of cornstSch
with two tablespoonfuls of cold milk and
the yelks of three eggs, adding -four 4,
tablespoonfuls of sugar and little salt.
When the milk is hot, not boiling, stir
in the mixture and let it boil, stirring
constantly. Peel and slice five oranges
removing the seeds, and lay them in
dish, sprnkling each layer with sugar
While the custard is still hot pour il
over the oranges. Beat the white Of tAs
eggs to "A stiff froth. adding sSo table,
spoonfuls OF sugar, and pour over the&
top of the custard. Serve when quits
cold.
MINCED HAM.
Mix half pound Of cracker crumbs
with an equal quantity Of iinely-minced
lean boiled ham; moisten this mixture
with little stock of water and butter,
adding salt to taste. Put the mixture
in A baking dish, make depressions in it
the size Of an egg and break an egg in
each hollow. Bake a delicate brown in
a good oven.
LIGHT TEA CAKE.
One cup OF sugar, two eggs, half
cup of melted butter, one and quarter
cups of milk, two teaspoonfuls of cream
tartar and one teaspoonful Of soda. ,
Add flour enough to make a stiff batter.
Bake twenty minutes in good oven.
TNTBTE ron BnAsr pnp1y
Peel As many potatoes Us will cover
the bottom of a biz pe-dsh. Sprinkle
a half tcaspoonful of dried sage over
them Cut an onion in thin slices and
spread them over this. Add salt and
pepper and Jumps of butter. Cover
the bottom of the dish with water or
milk and bake in a modern oven.
ZIG CAKE.
Three cups of sugar, and cup each OF
butter and sweet milk, whites of twelve
eggs well beaten. Four cups of flour
and two teaspoonfuls Of baking powder.
Filling-one pound Of figs boiled til
smooth.
FLANNEL CAKES.
Put two ounces of butter into pint
Of hot milk; let it melt, then add pin.
of cold milk, four beaten eggs, tea
spoonful of salt, and two tablespoons of
yeast and sufficient flour to make stiff
batter. Set in warm place to rise~
then fry on a grddle. ~
WHITE CAKE.
Whites Of two eggs beaten to froth.
one cup of white sugar, six tablespoons
OF melted butter; stir sugar and butter
well together. then add sweet milk one
cup, and two and one-half cups of -four
and two heaping teaspoonfuls of good
baking powder mixed with flour; flavor
with lemon. Bake in sheets or layers
and put lemon Jelly between.
LEMON JELLY.
Two grated lemons, four eggs, three
cups of white sugar. Stir all together
and put it in a tin pail and set in a ket-
tie of boiling water. Stir till it is thick
to spread between cakes.
CREAM FRITTERs.
Stir into one pint of sweet milk one
and one-half pints of flour, which has
been previously mixed with two heap
ing teaspoonsfuls of baking powder, add
ding six eggs well beaten. one teaspoon
full of salt and lastly one pint of good
sweet cream; drop this mixture from a 4,
tablespoon into hot lard and fry same
as doughnuts.
SPONGE CAKE.
Whites of four eggs. one-half tea
spoonful of cream tartar, one-half cup
OF sugar. same of flour, one teaspoonful
of lemon.
WHEAT MUFFINs.
Mix one pint of milk, two eggs.
three tablespoonfuls of yeast. little
salt. with flour enough to make sti1
batter, let it raise four or five hours
bake in muffin rings in a hot oven abof