The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-11
Small Cakes and Cookies.

Country Gentleman.
Ginger Nuts.-Beat together half a tea
cupful of softened mot melted) butter, a
teacupful of brown sugar, half a teacupful
of molasses. two well-beaten eggs. Into
a teacupful of flour put two teaspoonfuis
of baking powder, a teaspoonful of ground
ginger and sift. Stir this into the mix
ture, and add sufficient flour until stiff
enough to drop from tablespoon, on
weI-greased tin. Bake A a moderate
oven.
Soft Cakes.-To a scant half-teacupful of
butter (sofD, add half a teacupful of sweet
milk, two well-beaten eggs and half a tea
cupful OF shredded cocoanut. Into sufficient
flour TO make soft dough, stir two tea
spOOnfulS of baking powder; Sift before
thick and cover the top with a frosting
made of the beaten white of an egg and
four taolespoontuls of granulated sugar;
then sprinkle with cocOanut. Bake a light
brown, with the heat turned on the bot
tom Of the oven, and watch carefully that
the top does not burn.
Fruit Snaps.-Will keep long time To
a teacupful and a half of sugar add a
teacupful of butter, three well-beaten eggs
half teacupful of molasses. To the flour
add a teaspOonful Of soda and sift Cover
the top of the batter with the sifted flour
and sprinkle over two teacupfuls of seed
ed chopped raisins, or a teacupful each of
the raisins and currants. Roll very soft
cut in square or round shape and bake, not
too quickly.
Cream Cakes.-Beat togther a teacupful
of sugar, a tablespoonful of butter, the
yelks of three eggs, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder sifted with the -four Make
the batter quite stiff and bake Gin patty
pans in quick oven. Cut a cone-shaped
piece from the center and I'LL with whipped
cream, sweetened and favored with va
nilla.
Cinnamon Cakes.-Beat two eggs: add two
heaped teacupfuls of sugar and a teacupful
of butter; stir thoroughly and make into
a batter with four level teacupfuis of flour;
roll not too thin; cut into cakes; brush over
with beaten egg; sprinkle with cinnamon
and granulated sugar and bake.
Lady Fingers-Beat the yelks of five eggs
very light; add a teacupful of white sugar.
a teaspoonful OF baking powder, sifted with
-four 10 make a rather soft dough: roll thin
and cut in strips about three inches long
Arrange in the pan so they will not touch
as they rise, and bake in quick oven with
careful watching.
Colored Cakes.-Cream half a teacupf1l
of butter with one of powdered sugar; add
half a teacupful of milk, the whites of four
eggs beaten until frothed, and a teacupfuI
and a half of -four, sifted with a moderate
~ heaped teaspoonful of baking powder.
Divide the batter into three parts Put a
few spinach leaves in cheese cloth and
lightly pound until the juice is yielded: add
a few drops TO one portion OF the batter
Color another portion with a few drops of
very red boiled beets squeezed through
cheese cloth. Bake In patty pans and frost
with few drops of each colOring added 10
the sugar. For marbled cakes put a little
of the green batter in the patty pan. then a
little white. then red, stirring lightly as
each is added.
White Ginger Cakes.-Beat three eggs.
add two teacupfuls of sugar. a teacupful
of butter, teacupful Of thin sour cream a
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a table,
spoonful of warm water, a tablespoonful
each of ground cinnamon and ginger five
teacupfuls of sifted flour, or sufficient TO
make a soft dough. Shape with a small
cooky cutter; when done brush with white
of egg and sprinkle with sugar.
Lemon Cakes.-Coffeecupfu of sugar
two-thirds -teacupful of butter. half a tea
spoonful Of soda dissolved in a tablespoon
full of hot water and flour enough to roll
thin; flavor highly with grated lennon peel
or extract.
Lemon Snaps.-Teacupful of sugar beaten
with two-thirds Of a teacupfu of butter:
two eggs, half a teaspOOnful OF soda dis
solved in four tabespoonfuls of hot water,
two teaspOOnfuls of lemon juice and flour 10
roll soft and thin. To be baked in a quick
oven.
Puffs.-Mix a teacupful of milk with two
well-beaten eggs. tablespoonful of -four
four heapng jablespOOnfulls Of sugar two
tablespoonfuls Of butter, the grated rind
of a lemon Beat five minutes and bake
quickly in Well-buttered saucers