Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-14
How Women Who Stay at
Home May Earn Money
By A. {. LIVINGSTON
ARrIcLEpM

By A. c. LIVINGSTON


IF YOU have a talent for any special kind
OF cooking or preserving and want to
always serve your goods 30 they will tempt
faded appetites. In this day OF food adul-
teration people are willing to pay good
all kinds OF wholesome cooking.
In nearly all the thriving towns and
and club life prevail women care little
for cooking and are glad to be regu-
larly. supplied with good home made cakes.
breads, soup and the like, either by the day
or by the week, instead Of buying second
grade goods at the shops. They like to know
that what they are eating is made Of the
best and purcst materials and would be glad
to have winter fruit canned and pickles and
jellies put up in real home-like style.
Others would like desserts. salads and sweet
meats and dainty things for card parties and
afternoon entertainments.
An Indiana woman makes q nice sum of
money every year by making the wedding
cakes of her town. Her fame has extended
to many of the surrounding owns, and she
has orders enough to keep her busy most of
the time.
The following Is one of her most valuable
recipes. and will make ten pounds of de-
licious wedding cake. For the amount of in
gradients given below a seven-pound baking
pan will be required. which should be OF
thick granite ware, but il a tin pan is used,
be sure to line 1t with several thicknesses Of
brown paper. The recipe must be closely
IOllDWeu 10 insure success, ana the oven must
not be too hot, a slow fire being the best
heat. or better still, use gas which you can
always adjust.
First weigh all the ingredients care(ully,
using only the exact weight called for. Sift
the -four before weighing, and also after the
soda and spices are added. Cut the citron
In thin slices seed the raisins, wash the
currants. drain and rub dry. Blanch almonds
and chop fine.
Then take one pound Of butter, one pound
OF graduated sugar, one pound of -four
sift the -four With one teaspoon each of salt,
pulverized soda, and ground cloves and two
teaspoonfuls of cinnamon one dozen eggs,
two pounds OF raisins, two pounds OF cur
rants. two cups Of mOlasses, one pound of
cltron, One-quarter pound of almonds, one
quarter pound candied orange peel. Mix the
almonds and the fruit together in q large
pan. dredging over them a half cupful OF
-four. a large spoon to mix 1t in well. Break
the eggs, putting the yolks In one bowl and
the whites in another In n cool place. Beat
yolks until thick and light. Rub and beat
butter to a cream with a large spoon and
then gradually beat in the sugar. Beat in
the yolks of the eggs a little at a time, and
molasses. Whip the whites OF the eggs well
and add them to the other ingredients, al
ternating with the -four. Beat thoroughly
and then lightly mix In the fruit. Pour
into the baking pan, taking care that the
mixture also covers sides Of pan as well as
center so that the cake will be level. Bake
four hours and a half In a slow oven. II
the oven Is too hot the cake will cook on
top and be raw In center. II the oven Is too
hot at first, place a pan OF hot water on the
top grating. The temperature OF oven should