The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-31
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TASTEFUL CAKES FOR PAPER
BAG COOKING.
BY Martha Mcculloch. Williams.


Paper bag cooking seems to me
ideal for plum cake, which needs to
be made well done throughout with
out hardening the outer part to lava
crust. Wherefore, the place Of honor
tor White House plum cake, the YER
liable article provided for the last
three 1ncumbents of the White House.
am sure the inventor and compound
or OF it, the excellent Mrs. w. H. Will
son OF Nashville, Tenn, will not mere
~ forgive but applaud this infringe
ment upon her copyright, since she is
the soul of generosity, no less than
the queen Of cooks. and high priest
ess In the fine art of cake making.
Here is. verbatim, her receipt for:
President's Fruit cake.-One pound
butter, one pound sugar, twelve eggs,
beaten separately, one pound -four,
Drowned and sifted, four and . half
pounds seeded raisins, one and q half
pounds homemade citron, ono glass
grape jelly, two teaspoonfuls melted
chocolate, one pound crystallized
cherries. one pound crystallized pine
apple. one pound blanched almonds
cut fine. one pound shelled pecans.
cut small, one tablespoon cinnamon,
one tablespoon nutmeg, one-half
tablespoonful alspice, one-half tea
spoonful cloves, one-half glass cordial
mixed with spices. one glass grape
Juice or whiskey. Soak almonds over
night In two teaspoons rosewater.
Soak fruit over night in grape Juice
or wh1skey. Cream butter and sugar
light; add well beaten yolks. then
cordial and spices, jelly and choco-
late. Next, add beaten whiteC and
then fruit rolled In some Of tho -four.
Add nuts last. Bake or steam four
to SIX hours. Use either large or
small molds. II steamed. dry of in
slow oven one hour.
Instead of steaming, cook either In
tin molds. lined with paper, obtained
by cutting up a paper cooking bag,
and sealed inside other bags, or else
In cases made from tho bags, or In
small bags very we'll buttered.
wonder was It the heady appetite
Of youth which made spice cake my
special delight? Cream q big cup Of
butter, beating into It, one after az
other, seven yolks Of eggs. When very
light. add two full cups Of light
brown sugar, cup of black molassss,
the best obtainable. a small tumhler
Of blackberry cordial, a tablespoon
full Of powdered alspice, halt ~ mach
powdered ginger, teaspoonful DOW
dered cloves, three grated nutmees, a
generous pinch Of powdered CHINA
mon, half tablespoonful Of fresh
ground black pepper, and tho nerest
busting of cayenne. When all these
are beaten in smooth, add fou3 cups
Of -four lightly Drowned and sifted
twice with half teaspoonful Of bak-
ing soda Putting the -four In warm
made tho cake lighter. If the batter
seemed too stiff-it ought to stir
freely, but not run very readily-a
little cream was added, mixed with q
heaping tablespoonful Of grated
chocolate. The cake was allowed to
rise fifteen minutes. then baked il
quick heat In Z paper bag, tho same
end would be gained by setting It on
the grid shelf inside a sealed bag,
just Al tho gas was lighted. turning It
on only half ut first. then increasing
tho heat when the cake had had time
to rise.
Spice cake meant also silver cake
Notwithstanding eggs were 30 plenty,