The San Francisco call., 1908-09-25
The Modern House Keepers Exchange

Afternoon Tea Cake lLouise Phillips,
345 Maud avenue, san Leandro, CALI
Use a level cupful and spoonfuls: Cream
two cups of sugar with one cup of but
ter, ADD a teaspoonful of SALT then the
beaten yolks of four large eggs. Mix
well, then add slowly one cup OF sweet
milk. Sift one teaspoonfui of soda
with three cups of -four and beat the
whites of the eggs with two teaspoon
fuls of cream of tartar. Add flour,
whites of eggs and two teaspoonfuls of
vanilla. Beat ten minutes. Take out
tablespoonful of batter and add two
teaspoonfuls of pink sugar obtained
at any confectionery store). Put about
half the batter in the tin, then
drop in the pink mixture. then the re-
mainder of the batter. Bake in a mod
crate oven about 45 minutes.
If you use a large coffee cup for
measuring the ingredients this receipt
will make three layer cake and q
small loaf.
add one-half a cup of chopped nut
meats or raisins to the remaining bat
ter before baking the loaf.
Caution in Regard to Poisons CT.
Warren, 2013 Howard street, san Fran
cisco)-When putting away bottles con-
tanning carbolic acid or other poisonS
the cork. The fact of the pins being
there will cause closer inspection.
| If this precaution had been generally
used many lives would have been saved
are not always distinct and can not be
easily noticed in the dark.
German Coffee Cake Dora Moeller
! 1896 Point Lobos avenue, San Francis
| co)-Dissolve one cake of compressed
yeast in a pint of lukewarm milk; add
| -four to make moderately stiff
sponge; let rise until 1t begins to drop
Your sponge is now complete. Rub to-
| gether one-quarter pound butter, one
half pound sugar, three eggs, little
extract of lemon and cinnamon; ado
| the same with cup OF warm milk to
the sponge, also add raisins. currants
and citron. and make dough as soft
as can be handled, place. in pans. Let
| rise until light, then bake.
| 1t is also very nice without the rails
| ins, currants and citron.
| A Kitchen Help (nIrs A. Hierony-
| mus 2510 Chester street, Alameda, Cal.
One of the simplest yet most helpful
| things in house keeping / have found
| for a long time is the addition Of g
It fiis a long felt want, for for 1t is shor, hort
enough to fit right In the box, holds q
large amount of salt, being china the
salt has no effect on it, is easily
washed. and costs only five cents.
house keeper who once tries one will
never be without it.
! Cleaning Laces (Eleanor Nj. Kent
| 2514 Washington street. San Francisco
! Pour little pure clear alcohol into
\ china bowl or other deep vessel that
! can be covered to prevent evaporation
| into which place the lace to be cleaned
Leave 1t some time till the dirt has
softened and settled at the bottom
Then with perfectly clean fingers rub
| the lace gently in the liquid till all
| the stains have disappeared. If they
| do not come out let it soak longer
| After rubbing squeeze the lace as dry
as possible. Take one piece at a time
while damp, and pull it out with the
| fingers, picking out the edge very care
| fully with the nails. 1t should be
damp while handling it. When, the
meshes are all opened lay the lace be-
| tween the leaves of book and press
it till entirely dry. taking care to fold
it in and out among the leaves, so as
much soiled rub it gently in soapsuds
| before using the alcohol In such cases
| do not rinse 1T. Black lace can be
beautifully renovated in this way
| Canning Fruit (Mrs. L. Hyde, Dixon
| CAL safe and easy way to put frui,
! in glass jars. Have your jars and COW
ers washed clean with new rings or
them ready for use. Just before pour
| ing in the boiling fruit rinse the jar
/ inside and out, also the cover, in cold
water. Then wiring g. clean cloth out
| of the same water, fold a number OF
| times Ca SO pound -four sack doubled
| till the jar stands on 1t easily is about
| right, place the jar on the cloth In "a
basin and fill Immediately with hot