South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-11-16
Farmer ana House.keeper.
A CHAPTER on CAKES.


A CHAPTER ON CAKES.
Use good bu,,er.s
Don't ',oNess' a, your ingredients.
The "salc 81 thumb" 10 not infsll-
title.
Mo.ass,s is said 10 bean excellent
substitute for brandy in fruit. cake.
Beat. not stir, cake>ba,tcr. This
drives AR into, aad no. out Of tho
mixture.
A successful cake maker Says she
prefers eggs week or moro old Tor
cake 10 hose newly hail.
when c coanu, isto be added to
The batter It is be tier to gate ,t tho
day before wanted. II spread out
aud some what dried there 10 no. dan.
ger at the cake being heavy.
Itpays to know that your oven 10
OF the right Leaf for tho particular
cake you are baking. -.
A Philadelphia confcctioners mAde
The statement, that water was much
better than milk Tor mxicg cakeibat.
ten. bui that you could. not make
woman. believe it.
RosE LAYER CAxE.-Two cups OF
sugar. one cup of butter. fourih or
cup OF sweet milk, whites Ut eight
eggs beaten stiff. three and fourth
cups OF flour and two teaspoon fuls .oe
baking powder. Bake IN jelly tins.
Grease the tins we'll and duet -four
over every part before putting in the
batter. Boil two cups OF powdered
sugar in half tcacupful of7waAer.
stirring constantly. When very thick
pour boiling hot over tho beaten
whites Of two eggs Beat un II al
most cold. Flavor with 1850 extract
and color with cochinesl. Put the
cakes together with this icing.
For the pink colori3g matter. buy
FIVE ceats worth Of bakers cochinesil
Of the druggist, put half teaspoon
flu! into cup aud cover with two
teaspoonfuls OF boiling water. Let
stand an hour. add alnm (powderecl
the size Of large pea, and add drop
by drop to the icing until Of pretty
pink color.
BERWICK SPoNeE CAKg.-Beat six
eggs two minutes. Add three cups
of sugar, beat four minutes, two Guns.
OF four,two tcaspoonfuls OF cream. of-
tartar. beat two minutes longer, then
add one cup of cold water and one,
leaspocntul OF ga eratus; beat fgain,
and last two cups of -four and es-.
sence of lemon one teaspoJnfnI.
Bea,. The secret Of having this calSe
nice is in the baking. Have about
the same heat as for rai.ed bread,
put into the oven md let it remain
certainly without looking at 1t. lit
can bake until done without the oven
door being opened, So much the bot.
Ter.
Cur CAKE.-A cup OF sugar and
half a cup OF butter. Rub we'll to-,
gether, put in the yelks of two eggs
and mix again. Beat the whites TO
q stiff froth and proceed ia the same
manner, add one cup Of milk and
three cups OF -four, with two tea
spoonfuls OF batting powder gifted.
with it. Flavor to taste. Bake in o.
brisk oven. With this everyday
cake batter we sometimes make Layer
chocolate cake, sometimes little gems
with icing on, and again bake in one
pan TO slice as tea cake. Very con-
venient, as one mixture makes three
varieties for one tea company.
DELICATE CAKE.-Two cups OF
sugar, one. half cup OF butter. yelk OF
one egg, one cup of sweet milk, whites
offour eggs, three scant cups OF four.
two teaspoonfuls-sc ant--of bakipr,
powder. Flavor TO taste--almopi
preferred.
Corn STARCH CAKE.-Two cups
or white sugar and one cup of butter
creamed together. One cup of sweet
mix, tho whites of Ave eggs beaten
very stiff, one cop OF corn starch /
two cups Of -four, two teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder and two Of en- tract
of lemon. Bake slowly in u modcs
rate oven.