Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-24
A FEW CAKE RECIPES.

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The heart OF the average man doteth
on doughnuts. Whether they are made
| 10 rines, cut IN strips and twisted, dia-
mond-shaped or straight rolls, tho light,
tender, sugary, delicately.brownod and
nutmeg favored dainty OF our grand
molhcrs' days still holds its place In the
afTections Of the present race Of men,
and doubtless will continue to do 20
until the end Of time.
A great many object to doughnuts ~
an unwholesomc article OF food; per.
haps they are when soaked In grease and
yellow with soda, but rightly made and
cooked, their only fault lies 10 the way
they disappear. Success with dough-
nuts lies more In the cooking than In
the making, for however good the recipe
NAV be, unless the lard In which they
are fried IL just at the right heat, they
will bc soggy, or else cook before tney
have time to raise.
A good recipe 10 to take two cupfuls
Of sugar-the best light brown-two
eggs, one half Of nutmeg, three plnts
OF fiour, q teaspoonful Of soda and q
pint of buttermilk, or enough to mix
| the -four into smooth dough. II the
buttermllk Il not rich, tcaspoonful OF
butter Il an improvement. l always
try q little piece Of the dough first to zee
| n IL 10 Just right-sometimes Il needs .
little more -four worked in-then cut
them out In rings and fry carefully 10
sweet, fresh lard, draining each one
carefully, and the hole In he middle 10
| by no means the most wholesome part.
They are nice II rolled In graduated
sugar a. they are taken from the kettle.
Our men folks have q sort Of second
slght when Il IL doughnut day, and by
the time they are ripe are sure to bob
up serenely, and the way the doughnuts
| take wings Is a caution. However, that
ID what We make them for, and unless
they come around In the middle OF the
| forenoon In the long summer days, we
would feel as II they had not had their
rights ut all or else did not appreciate our
cooking. Farmers cannot live on noon
shine and mountain dew. Bless me! i
believe that IL the name OF much
stronger beverage than Its name would
imply, but i really meant to convey the
idea that they needed something sub
stantial In the way OF food, not that they
ever even tried to subsist on any sort OF
tanglefoot like the above mentioned ar
ticle. They need ahearty diet to enable
them TO do the work they have to do,
and exercise In the pure, fresh air pro-
duces appetites that would make dys-
peptlc turn green with envy.
Well, for another recipe that can be
made In a hurry aud never fall to be
nice. Three eggs beaten light, one cup
full Of sugar, three tablespoonfuls OF
cold water, one and onc-half cupfuls OF
-four and a teaspoon aud half OF bak-
ipg-powder. II must be very thin In
deed and baked In very moderate oven,
and II right will be rs light as . foam.
Spread with jelly II wanted In a hurry,
but II not put the following cream be
tween the layers: One half pint OF milk
put on to boil, smooth q small table.
spoonful of corn-starch In o little cold
milk, add one cupful Of sugar, a we'll
beaten egg and large tablespoonful OF
good butter. Stir into the boiling milk,
stirring constantly until smooth. When
removed from the fire, add a teaspoon
full Of lemon; put between the cakes
when cold. sometimes bake the cake
In large dripping pan and cut II In
squares, separating each one with
knife and putting the jelly or cream be-
tween.
CoFYEE CAKE.-0ne cupful Of sugar,
one of molasses, one cupful Of butter,
one cupful of strong coffee, one cupful
of raisius, one cupful Of currants, one
teaspoonful of soda and one table
spoonful each Of cloves, cinnamon
and allspice; -four enough to make quite
stiff batter, adding the fruit, sprinkled
with -four ut the last. Bake In moder-
ate oven. Is better after being baked q
few days, and must not be baked I'LL
dry.
Snow CAKE.-One cupful Of -four,
one half cupful OF corn-starch, one tea
spoonful Of cream tartar, all sifted to-
gether. One cupful Of sugar, one-half
cupful of butter, creamed, half cupful
Of sweet milk, half teasp00nful OF soda
dissolved In the milk, and the whites OF
four eggs beaten to very stiff froth.
Mix all, stirring the eggs 10 carefully ut
the last. Frost the top. This makes
nice little cakes when baked In gem
pans Just the things for children's play
dinners. I forgot to say season With
lemon.