The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05

maize pudding
Use unbleached cheesecloth for table
cloth Have it double, fringe the edge,
draw out threads and run in, for Dor
der two or three inch maize colored
and green ribbons. The napkins may be
made of maize-colored crepe paper,
fringed. Golden-rod, cat-tails, grains of
corn strung on thread and southern
smilax may be used to festoon chan
deliers, etc, and a little corn-shock with
small gourds and vines used for the
center piece for the table. Sunflowers,
stalks of corn, cat-tailS, pumpkins and
golden-rod may be used in decorating
the haI and rooms for this affair. II it
is an evening function, use the pump
kins as lanterns. in the daylight for
holding flowers and plants.
For the popcorn cake, use a jelly cake
mixture; when cake is cold cut it il
strips about an inch wide and four long,
make little layer cakes by filling with
orange icing. cover each one with soft.
boiled icing and cover thickly with pop
corn e you want little color, cover
q few of the popcorn cakes with pop
corn rolled in red sugar. Do not forget
the real red ear Of corn, which should
be suspended, like the nistletoe from the
chandelier by maize colored or green
ribbon. A center piece for the able
may be made of popcorn balls heaped
in pyramid form; have some balls white,
some red and some yellow, using or
ange or yellow icing for latter These
with a border of green leaves. will give
the effect of chrysanthemuns grouped
together.
SOUTHERN CORN BREAKFAST
MUFFINS.
Measure two cups of sifted meal, and
a tablespoonful of salt. a we'll beaten
egg, one pint of sour milk in which you
have dissolved a teaspoonful of soda.
Then add tablespoonful of melted bur-
ter, stir thoroughly, pour into hot well
creased pans and bake in a quick oven
until brown. This may be used for corn
bread also The bread should not be
more than an inch thick when DONE and
the crust should be brown and crusty on
both sides.
OLD PLANTATION JOHNNY CAKES.
Sift one quart of Indian meal into
bowl Make hole in the center and
pour in a pint of warm water; add q
teaspoonful of salt and gradually mix
water and meal into a soft dough; then
stir briSkly for fifteen minutes or more
until it is light and spongy. Then
spread the dough evenly and smoothly
out on a straight fiat beard; and place
it before the open fire and bake it we'll;
then cut into squares, send to table
very hot, split open ana butter. This
can be baked in the lower oven of gas
stove very successfully, but must be
placed low down from the fire.
SPIDER CORN CAKE
Beat two eggs and quarter of cup
of sugar together, add one cup of sweet
milk and one cup of sour milk in which
you have dissolved one teaspconful OF
soda; add one teaspoonful of salt; then
stir in one and two-thirds cups of gran
ulated corn meal and third of cup of
flour. Put a skillet Cor spider) over the
fire and when hot, melt in it two table
spoonfuls of butter. Turn the pan about
so the butter can run up on the sides.
Pour in the corn cake mixture, add an
other cup of milk, but do not stir it In.
Bake in a good oven for twenty-five to
thirty minutes. When done this cake
will have streak of custard through it.
DAKOTA CORN BREAD.
This Is a recipe which has proved sat-
isfactory in using western corn.
Use three cups of sour milk, or not
too rich butter milk dilute the butter
milk if very rich, with water); take half
a cup of molasses one teaspoonful salt
one heaping teaspoonful of soda and
equal quantities of corn meal and entire
wheat flour to make a stiff batter.
Bake in deep pans in moderately hot
oven for one and one-half hours.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING
Place one quart of milk in sauce
pan over the fire. When scalding ho,,
stir in four tablespoonful of fine corn
meal which has been moistened with
cold milk enough to make it of creamy
consistency. When thoroughly mixed,
add three tablespoonful of molasses
and a little salt; boil rapidly for ten
minutes. Then pour into a well grea sed
pudding dish and place in moderately
hot oven, and bake it from two to four
hours, the longer the better, though il
will be baked as good as the average
in two hours. Stir frequently to keep
the top from burning. and liz the last
half hour add one tablespoonful of but
ter. A little grated nutmeg is an i'm
provement and dried fruit may also be
added.
INDIAN LOAF CAKE.
Mix a cup of powdered sugar with
quart of rich milk. chop up two ounces
of butter and add to the milk with
quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Put
this into a covered saucepan or double
boiler and let get scalding hot. Remove
from the fire and stir in enough sifted
Indian meal to make it consistency of
thick boiled mush. Beat hard for quar-
ter of an hour and then set away to
cool.
While cooling beat three eggs light
and stir in gradually when it is luke
warm: add a cup of good strong yeast
and heat for fifteen minutes longer.
The goodness of this cake depends on
its being beaten long and we'll. Have
ready and well buttered tin mould OF
earthen pan with tube in center
Four in the mixture, cover and set to
raise in a warm place 1t should be
light in four hours. Bake in moderate
oven for two hours. Serve hot, cut in
slices and buttered.
Inquiries Answered
DIR. H. NJ c. desires directions for peel