The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-14
CAKES AND COOKIES
RECIPES FOR MAKING SOME
THAT ARE GOOD.
And They Are All Easily Made and
Not Expensive-Sour Cream
cake-Lady Fingers Fried
in Batter.

Sour Cream Cake.-Dissolve one
level teaspoon of soda in teaspoon
Of warm water and stir it into one
half Gun of molasses. Add at once
one cup of sour cream, stir, add one
cup vi soft light brown sugar, then
heat in three and one-half cups OF
pastry flour sifted with one level table,
| snoon of cinnamon, the same OF all
spice and one pound Of raisins that
have peen seeded, chopped and rolled
in -four. Bake in a moderate oven for
one Lour.
einuer Cookies.-One cup of mo-
lasses, one-quarter cup of butter, one
level tablespoon of ginger, and salt
spoor of salt. Heat these In a sauce
pan until the mixture begins to DOH.
Take from the fire and when parity
cooled add one level teaspoon OF sooa.
Add enough flour to make a SUN
~ dougc: roll out while yet warm, cut
in squares and bake in quick oven
These cookies are best when week
y, old.
o Pineapple cake.-Cream one rounu'
u ing tablespoon of butter with one cup
lis of sugar. add one cup Of milk, Two
~ beaten eggs, and one and one'nall
OS Guns Of -four sifted with two leVe
u" teaspoons of baking powder. BAKE II
p two layers and spread chopped AN
ns sweetened pineapple between them
'n Lemon JeIly.-Soak one'halt poA y
" gelatin in one cup of cold water 10
neI one hour. Pour on one cup OF bollln
.ne water, stir we'll and add one-half Gu
tne If sugar: when nearly cold ada u
I:+r iuice Of two lemons. STRAIN ln'o
mold and set away to grow nrm'
Lemon Jelly Cake.-Cream one-tnn
~ ~ cun Of butter, add slowly one cup
Sn sugar and two eggs beaten until thlc
tho Mix one and three-quarters cups
. Wv ~ -four with two and onehalf Level u
snoors of baking powder. ADD 10
= e. first r,lxture with one-half cup OF III
Rake in layer cake pans for
,,-.,, Filing. Mix two and one-halt lie
- t. tablespoons of flour, one cup OF sus
~ 10 the grated rind of two lemons,
=, tho quarter cup of lemon juice ana
ont egg slightly beaten. Melt lie
nro. tshlesnoon of butter and add 10
years; mixture; SUIT cons'"N'''
one til it thickens' n
Set! 1 adv Flnaers Fried in Batter
" an. cold baking powder biscuits CUT
Ct In. +wo then slice each half into
Il; s.. thin finger shaped pieces. INTO
and Tor made of two we'll beaten ese
Tin ID toh,esnoon of sweet milk, and a p
or in ~ salt dip each finger" han'
oorefnlly to preserve the even 81
Fry three slices Of salt pork, anu
i must the hat fat place the fingers
while, onsrt and fry a golden brown
them fry slowly, turning se
. When done place on brown p
that any excess OF tat may ~ ~
sorbed. Pile on small plaI'e'
dust with powdered sugar: -.
sponge cake.-The whites ol
og0s beaten stiff, and into this
one cup of sugar, one taolespo .
vinegar the yOlks VI wv
heaten, one cup of sifted nou
ninch salt. Bake in anger CAKE
SUGAR cookies.-One cup suea
half cup butter, two eggs Oh o,
sour milk, one teaspoontul sa y,
a little salt, one-half teaspooni
~ aour enough to make sou
Roll as thin as blade OF kn LIE -
Cheap Wedding cake'-ln ue
~ brown sugar, one and ohe'h'
Of butter, one cup of molasse s.,
AR Of milk, four cups OF hour lo %
20 one pound of currants' one '.
ful Of cloves and allspice' one :,
of nutmeg, and a wine 81
brandy; bake until the c"As
B tho aide of the pan.