New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
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The delicious pound cakes OF grandma. herS
days passing out OF use. and the art OF making
them Is now little known.
The simple rule is OF little value TO the novice In
cookery. There is a special method Of putting the
ingredients together and special method Of bak.
ing them. which the success Of the cake wholly
depend
The simplest form of this cake Is known In France
Gen IA cake. having been first introduced from
Italy the English housekeepers wash their butt
ter for pound cake in water. and sometimes
add rose wafer flavor; but this gives fra
cranes thet seems to belong more essentially TO the
.oilette tab than the kitchen.
RECIPE FOR POUND CAKE.
For a delicious pound cake put about three-quars
ters OF pound of butter in bowl in which boil
ing water has been poured for a moment to heat
it. The bowl must not be hot enough TO turn the but
tel to oil. Beat the butter with a cooks wooden
spatua-a long. slender. spoonlke instrument.
Those made OF white Eastwood are the best. They
cost from five to ten cents in shops which deal In
baker, confectioners' supplies. Add a pound or
sugar when the butter is a soft, light cream. ana
beat it until the mixture is smooth Now add one
by one eight large or small yolks of eggs. Beat
each yolk IN carefully still using the cooks spatua
to work with. II the eggs all put in at once
the miytu,e will curdle and the delicacy or the
cake will be seriously impaired Have pound OF
almonds blanched and cut in thin strips.
4.
measure out pound Of -four. warm it in the oven
and sift 1t three times Mix 1t in the cake with
the fru. an nuts. II the batter seems too stin.
add two tablespoonfuls OF cream Add. finally. the
whites OF the eggs Bake the cake in cake mouldS
lined with Duttered tea paper.
The oven sh )uld be quite moderate and the cake
should be covered for the first hour. and bake half
an hour hour longer. Cool 1t for two hours
in the pahs Ice the cake with two coats OF white
Icing and decorate elaborately as you please
TwELFTH-NIGHT CAKE.
Twelfth-Night cake is made by this recipe:
sixpence ring a thimble and bean are all
baked in different parts OF the cake. When tho
cake H. cur ard served the lucky finder OF the SIX
pence may expect wealth the coming year; the
finder Of the rng happy marriage The thimoie
betokens single life. and the bean is supposed to
indicate the king or queen Tor the heAt year
Twelfih-Night party.
Twelfth Night cake Is always elaborately oec-
GRATED with various colored canded fruits
Purchase six ounces OF candied cherries. a quar-
,er OF pound OF green angelica the same smouht
cherrlcs in half Gu, the angelica in iozenge-
shaped pieces Lay aside one perfect white pear
for the centre Of cake. and cut the other pears
each into six parts lengthwise from the stem 10
the flower end. When the second Goa, OF lcing ~
perfectly r.. m begin decorating tlIe cake. Let tne
whole white pear-stem end up-rest In the centre
After this lay tOO slices OF red pears one asais.
the other from grie base OF the white pear; ana
little plain space between them Continue this Dec
Grafton around the centre using the red and wnite
pears IN alternate groups Decorate the plain spaces
between ihc pears with halves or cherry Arranse
angelica Iozenges the ends OF the strips OF pear
and alt, rnlte them with cherry halves. -,
Fix crown-shaped border on the edSe OF tne
cake OF the angelica and cherries and M In me
PLAIN space between the decoration IN the centIe
and th, border with slices OF pear IN me TWO coiors.
Tho anpea rance OF this cake may be greatly I'M
proved nv decorating II at first with wreatns ana
traceries OF white icing, arranged 70 receive INC
coored fruits. ,. III.
The art OF piping and decorating cakes @ witn
French pastry tubes requires considerable practce
'rbe ped bags Of rubber cloth. in the
tps OF which the little metal decorating tubes are
fitted are sold by dealers in confectioners sup
Mics AZ 30 c-nts each The tubes cost from nve 10
Ten cents each. according 10 the pattern severai
plain tubes OF various sizes: one lear tune ana h
ono tube for twisted rope effects are all tne pc
rinn.r should attempt to Use. Leaves ana MOWERS
may be made with the leaf tubes ,...
+, tuhc work or piping ~ confectoner calls It.