Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-28
the BIRTHDAY CAKE.

Something That nrlna. Iuten.e sud Last
INK pcnght to Nsny children.
The custom " having a special cake,
round AND frosted, for the birthday gives "a
pleasure 10 the smaller children NJ q fam
ily, and sometime. 10 older ONES which,
once begun, uo amount Of toys or custly
giits can take the place o. The cale need
not b. rich or dinicnlt TO make, Tor the
fact that 10 Il specially prepared gives tue
plnines' loaf flavor not commonly tasted
IL must, however, be frosted and deco
rated. aud cat by the happy child's own
baud In order 70 secure this mysterious
sweetness In nearly every HON, one k,ud
of cake wins favor above all uthcrs, aud
this l. the one par excellence fof the birth
day cake. although for wee little ONES
hardly out Of babyhood a simple sponge or
ANGEL cake Is the least harmful Of Ml the
tooihsomc species Hut though The cake
may Dee familiar, the irustiug aud decking
may be varied 90 please the fancy and cN-
cite the curiosity on every recurring birth.
day.
Besides the we'll known frostlng made "
whites NJ cggs and sugar there Hrc several
other kinds more economical or less
troublesome TO make. A frostiug Of gran
ulnt,d sugar and boiling water, In the pro
portions " one teacup ~ sugar 10 i've
tablu.poonful- Of water, is satisfactory and
l. quickly made. A certaln knack Ia man
ipuiatiun j. needed to DO % easily, which
comos largely with repeated making The
sugar aud water should boil hriskly for
four minutes. and should be stirred only
enough 20 keep II from burning
II the iru Is hot, placing the saucepan Of
boiling sugar Ia basin Of hot water
making sort ~ double b0ileg-h pre-
yentiyo from scofchng. AZ the ehd "
four minutes the sugar will thread slight
ly N dropped from the Tip % spoon. Then
take IL aud placing the saucepan In dish
u cold water stir till the irusting cools and
thickcns. Spread 10 On the cake rapidly,
~ u hartlcns fast. dipping broad kulie In
bot water to smooth over the loaf. This
ffusting o. not 10 be stirred MS long ~ un.
cooked ito,tIng Tor Il will harden beyond
spreading. A steel palette kuiic or sputulA
T. most convenient Tor spreading the frost
lug.
This samo frosting can he made Into
chocolate icing by adding three tablespoon.
fuls Of grated chocolate TO the boiling
sugar. Delicate pink or straw colorud
frusting Is particularly attractive 70 child.
ish eyes, and j. made by adding table.
tinncrs, IN the same way the chocolate IN
added II Egg. nrr plentiful, The white Of
one added to the boiling frosting makes It
Of finer grain aud easier 20 spread. Tue
white NJ cgg should be beaten u Astin
froth. and then thesuynr poured upon IL
gradually after having boiled four minutes,
aud the whole then well beaten. Frustiug
made u maple sugar Is delicious, and 4
particularly we'll suited 10 spiccil cakes. Il
Is made by the same method A. the white
sugar frosting, but requires one minute
longer boiling MIX frosting j. another
invutite with children, and }. prettiu-t TO
look ut when spread on soft yellow cake.
Boil together q teacup NJ sugar and hnlt a
ono Of milk, with "a tcaspoonful OF butter,
until little dropped Ia cold water will
thicken. Then beat Il thoroughly aud fla
yur with vanilla Long beating makes the
irosting white and creamy.
Surrounding cakes with candies, one for
each year, T. a German custom. The can
dies are melted slightly at the ends. aud
then stuck upon the edge u sti1 white
paper which Is put between the cake aud
Its plate, aud Is cut two lnchr, larger than
the loaf Tiny little flags, whose sticks
will run easily down into the cake aud
Goat the stars aud sttipe- during the birch.
day feast, are liked by both kris and boys.
] The plate u concealed by u fringc Of red,
[ white and blue tissue paper, The paper Is
| folded la stripes, aud then cut like fringe,
| and the circular form given II by lacking
| little plnits la Il with needle aud thread.
/ The fringe Ia laid on the plate first and the
/ cake nestled la H.
Pink sugar hearts on white frostiug.
! with a iudy pink paper fringe, delight q
| llttle girl. aud make an apt -. Nnlcntiuc'
cake. Fayorlte flowers arranged Ia ferns
frouds, smilax or their own leafugu never
fail 10 please, while candy starr and mot
toes crafty a child who has just learned
20 read The name aud date spelled out
with colorcd sugnred caraway Seeds how
ever awkward the lettering, give a salts
faction far greater than tle effort cNpend
cal. Candy rabbits and little sugar Cupid
will bring shout Of Joy from the younger
chillrcn. while Santa Claus, with hissprlf
Of Chriitmas tree, will br voted "ius
right for December baby.-Agncs u
/ Ormsbvo Ia llarprr's BAGar.