Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-06-17
gadies' Column.
Domestic Recipes.

Domestic Recipes.
ELECTION CAKE.-Take quart of
light dough, and add one and one
holt cups of sugar, one cup of butter,
half a cup of milk, two eggs, one and
one-half cups of -four, one teaspoon
full of soda, one cup of raisins, tea
spoonful of cinnamon and half nut
meg grated. Set in warm place to
rise, and bake, when light, about an
hour and a half. The quantity of
flour added will depend upon the
stiffness of the dough.
INAUGURATION CAKE.-Cream one
and one-half cups of butter and two
cups Of sugar, add three well-beaten
eggs, two cups of stoned raisins, one
cup of currants, one-half cup of
chopped citron, one-half cup of al
monds, one cup of milk, one and one
half pints of flour sifted with two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
teaspoonful each of extract of vanilla
and almonds. Line tin with greas-
ed paper and pour in the well-beaten
batter. Bake two hours.
COUNCILLOR CREAM.-Strain over
heaping cup Of graduated sugar the
juice of an orange and lemon sim
mer an ounce of gelatine IN pint of
water until the liquid is reduced one
alf, and when it has cooled a little
strain into the dish containing the
sugar, and by degrees add pint Of
whipped cream; stir until cool and
place on ice to stiffen.
REPRESENTATIVE RUssE.-Soak half
a box of gelatine in little water for
an hour or two. Put into a double
boiler a quart of milk, a cup of sugar,
the beaten yolks of four eggs and the
gelatine, and cook until the mixture
thickens. Beat the whites of the eggs
and stir into the custard after remOv-
ing from the fire. Flavor with vanil-
la, and pour into molds. Serve with
sugar and cream.
DOORKEEPERs' DOUGHNUTs.-
sponge as for raised bread, using
pint of water and half cake of yeast
rise over night, and in the morning
add half a cup of butter, two cups of
sugar, two beaten eggs and half
nutmeg grated, and more -four if
needed. Rise again until light. Pull
off bits of the dough, shape to suit
the fancy and fry in deep hot fat.
PAGES PUDDING.-Beatt the yolks
of three eggs and half a cup of sugar;
stir until smooth one and one half
spoOnfuls of cOrnstarch in little
milk, then pour into pint of hot
milk and continue the stirring over
the fire until it has thickened; beat
the whites of the eggs with half a
cup of sugar and cover the pudding
when cool; brown in the oven lightly.
RECEPTION CAKE.-Beat together
two cups of butter and two cups of
sugar add ten beaten eggs one quart
of -four and two teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, two cups Of currants. lone
cup of citron shaved thin, cinnamon
and nutmeg to suit the taste. Line
the tin with paper fabricated with
butter, pour in the batter, and bake
in a moderate oven.
RAILROAD CAKE.-Beat three eggs,
adding gradually cup of sugar sift
a cup of flour three times, with a tea
spoonful of cream of tartar; add a
little salt, beat all together and bake
in q sheet.
SNOWFALL CAKE.-Whites of three
eggs beaten stiff ; cream one cup of
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add one-half cup of milk, two cups
of -four, one-half teaspoonful of soda,
one teaspoonful of cream of tartar.
Bake in a sheet. For frosting, two
cups of sugar and two-thirds of cup
of milk; boil ten minutes, add a lit
tie lemon, and beat until cold.
CREAM CAKEs.-To one cup of hot
water add one-half cup of butter;
when it boils add one cup of -four and
cook until thick; set this aside and
let it get cold, then add three we'll
beaten eggs and half a teaspoonful
of soda drop this on a buttered tin,
a tablespoonful for each cake, an
inch and half apart. Cream for
filling: Scald one cup Of milk, add
one egg, two dessertspoonfuls of corn
starch, and one-half cup of sugar.
Flavor with vanilla.
ALMOND JUMBLEs.-Cream cup
of sugar and half a cup of butter;
mix with this three well-beaten eggs,
half pound Of chopped almonds and
a spoonful of lemon juice, also little
more than a half pound of flour.
Flavor with rose-water.
DELICATE CAKE.-One cup of flour,
one cup of sugar, two eggs, one tea
spoonful of baking powder and one
half cup of boiling water; flavor with
lemon or vanilla. Stir the powder
into the -four first, then beat the yolks
of the eggs separately !; add the sugar
and beat until white, then add the hot
water with the favoring, then the