Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-08
CHRISTMAS CAKES.
ENGLISH pUoolNos AND CAKES co
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Strange as II May Seem. There l. a Fashion
In the Manufacture Of wedding Cakes.
A Glance at the Interior Of Big Cake
store Cakes of Many sNinds.
Christmas cakes, New Years cakes,
Twelfth cakes, Christening eal.es, birthday
cakes and wedding cakes all come q tAe
Bame wealthy family that i q say, tacy
ans as rich ~ rich can tc 4 high her
ity upon ti4e s hole subj lct ohat,el day or
two ago about them. i was a painfully
appstiziug conversation, FOR it tool. places "a
q showroom q pelatial proportions IN
which were 70 H. seen specimens az every
kind 81 cake which mankind Las invented
for social consumption. a cake, ltmust ba
promised cannot be eaten Ia s,riCt sac!u-
sion. IL must DO cnjngcd in pleasant cola
pany or 1t becomes iEdigustiglo, and witA
cut cake the Christmas board would -
incomplete.
I'VE sell thousands 81 Christmas cal.e-,
said the gentleman whose firm has prob
ably produced more cafes Of every variety
than any one house in the world. s4sy
closely resemble the wedding cake. wAleh
Is a recognized institution. Ey the w4s, |
think wedding cakes ere getting larger aaG
heavier, and certainly the sugar work urna-
meutation is more elaborate and ar'i,tic..i.y
executed. Necessarily tie decoration must
b., in white and silver. bat sometimes Re u
dollhouse flowers are us,u to alora the
cake
"Nhat i the largest size wedding casefN
I'VE sell some weighing Use hundred
weight or Six hundrCdwti-ht and the
larmest--far rogaltics-ha- bton al ten
LuudredwDight 4 saw edged knife j. s.lI-
piled for the Crrgmcuyc q cutting the rI..c,
which is frequently done, however ID all
vance, aud a silver trOucl is used br the
bride u withdraw the segment easily"
On all sides were wedding cakes on
shelves, some of them witha light deposit
Of almond icing upon their tops. ibgg
were all ordered ior forthcom.u maria gas
"Ine icing" remarked tie guide. rs
done as required; 4 yerj laF& cake Is
baked IN sections and uitgrwaTa ilttaI
Eethcr. Jhat SrsA- t'Igs-. l1-- $500
smaller cakes in halves, for You can Eeytl
tell from the outsidc appearance whether
the cake Is thoroughly wei baked inside
We therefore test every ono
Now what - the real di.aa renee twcpI
, n wedding cake and a Chris mas plum
cakegn
lit is generally in the ornamentntiou
The top OF Christmas caae Is coated viii
sugar icing aud piC.sd out with q Tor
say pink-and there is also M inscription
I 4 Father Christmas stands iii tie c.n,er
! and there are small fancy ornaments arauu,
: the figure. Some, 700, have holly uu tE
4 top but people now ana then prefer sweet
meats instead.
!, And you say that there /. a great &
mand for tAemg'
4 I'VE send them ali over tie world "
; occasionally export cakes and puoDlugst
Y people abroad sufficient 10 lHs' them tH
whole year round. They 90 t3 india, Al
rica, China, Igypt-in fact, everywhere. D..
New J car CisAe is similar Io4 Christine
cake, with fancy decoration al.a figures.
I. do you Gud that Twelfth cakes u.y &,
Ginning IN popularity
well, perhaps We do not s,ll quite q
Y many. They are a. you LNgN dCegr.t,
a with figures, and @ sheet q chuNet &.
IS couundrums accompanies each cake g,
s cordins 10 the Ola custom. They draw.
a for
I is the plan still followed OF emhoddin
. various articles in tie cake
+. 'Als, THAI - still G0Eu. People DEnE Vi
rings, Cuins and buttons to put IN tLa CsH..
2 Ia fact, wc have iaeIused ia thersa. =.
j watches and diamond rg4S tsuf it Ia
e generally been arranged hciugi lard Wa,
n ttey should cut FOR such . prize a !ta,
rlsette or eolored ribbon ia the dgrur4tia
Il would lie sufficient guide"
Conversation then turned upon soho.
:, cakes, which urC is full of CuUauts an
sultauas a. can be- desired. Bet Ter pa
pie Of maturur years /. Bc fashion IN ea.U
4 except On festival occasions. when th. ~.
X may bc broken through, runs upon Il.
CT and mos, digestible caGe. Hers hi 4.
ne neat cardboard boxes gre plies Of BHrdl
" eakcs, made az butter -four and re-, 1a
"a better than dough cake of the sea0alNa
kind. a Dundee cake has It's due props
ton Of sultauas and peel, aud IL iaiat.s
richer in quality tLan the popular scot,
ls Madeira. There arc other yaE!eties 81 til
pound cakes, such ~ seed and almond. III
rs II the taste inc.iues 10 heavier art.C
currant cake IN various degrees Of richue
l. can hc had, and il is remarkable how a.
"A seryatiyc successive generations aEp
- their liking for good substantial euEc.
i. Before CHANGING at q few OF uaeUat8Gis
ing array Of del.cacics ia the syuy ~ ii uaii
attention is attracted 60 huge stgyr
plum puddings Zach pudding j. ia it- -
IL neat white basin and securely ted up Ia
4 cloth.
Ia 1--WE nre making ECO this year Ia
II the gentleman who Is acting rs Eu.
through this palace 81 dalulits ~ gr.
many are sent abroad Thgy arr djaHateh
re in tin lined cases. sometimes thirty 10 t9t
u in case.
w "Eut can yau Toll me who it is WHO be
id your pudaiag9a
rs Regular customers eygarlilrr yC.
a fer twenty CT more at time, to p.sp na
~, as Christmas presents Most HrHy Ollie
~ ard tlpse II the navy, too, Haut pud8n
VS. The puGlIass which ure sent auF0a4 +
~ not packed in basins LaJ in cloths, for ii
'i travel better ILepaaalnEs Ia these bus,
- are for home consumption Ihrg arr rga
~ boiled"
m Aud are 81 all sitest'
al The largest pudding CO 8, Sly, ten 81
IA e..s. and il would ID stlIIr ont Tor SO or
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