The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30
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TASTEFUL CAKES FOR PAPER
BAG COOKING.
BY Martha Mcculloch Williams.

BY Martha MccuIIoch Williams.
Paper bag cooking seems to me
Ideal for plum cake, which needs to
De made we'll done throughout with
out hardening the outer part to a lava
crust. Wherefore, the place of honor
for White House plum cake, the yer.
liable article provided for the last
three incumbents Of the White House.
l am sure the inventor and compound
or OF 1T, the excellent Mrs. w. H. Will.
son OF Nashville, Tenn, will not mere
~ forgive but applaud this infringe
9 upon her copyright, since she is
Inc soul OF generosity, no less than
the queen of cooks, and high priest
ess In the fine art of cake making.
Here 1s, verbatim, her receipt for:
Presidents Fruit Cake.-One pound
Dutter, one pound sugar, twelve eggs,
beaten separately, one pound -four,
Drowned and sifted. four and a half
pounds seeded r~aisins, one and a half
pounds homemade citron, one glass
grape jelly, two teaspoonfuls melted
chocolate, one pound crystallized
cherries, one pound crystallized pine
apple, n pound blanched almonds
cut fine, n pound shelled pecans,
cut small, one tablespoon cinnamon,
one tablespoon nutmeg, one-half
tablespoonful aispice, 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 whiskey. Cream butter and sugar
light; add well beaten yolks, then
cordial and spices, jelly, and choco-
late. Next. add beaten whites and
then fruit rolled in some of the flour.
Add nuts last. Bake or steam four
to six hours. Use either large or
small molds. If steamed, dry off in
slow owe n 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 the bags, or in
small bags very we'll buttered.
wonder was 1t the heady appetite
OF youth which made spice cake my
special delight? Cream a big cup of
butter, beating into 1t, one after an
other, seven yolks Of eggs. When very
light, add two full cups of light
brown sugar, a cup of black molasses,
the best obtainable, a small tumbler
of blackberry cordial, a tablespoon
full Of powdered alspice, half as much
powdered ginger, a teaspoonful pow
dered cloves, three grated nutmegs, a
generous pinch of powdered CHINA
mon, half a saltspoonful Of fresh
ground black pepper, and the merest
busting Of cayenne. When all these
are beaten in smooth, add four cups
of flour lightly Drowned and sifted
twice with half a teaspoonful Of bak-
ing soda. Putting the -four in warm
made the cake lighter. If the batter
seemed too stin-it ought to stir
freely, but not run very readily-a
little cream was added, mixed with a
heaping tablespoonful of grated
chocolate. The cake was allowed to
rise fifteen minutes, then baked in
quick heat. In a paper bag, the same
end would be gained by setting it on
the grid shelf inside a sealed bag,
just as the gas vas lighted, turning it
OF only half at first, then increasing
the heat when the cake had had time
to rise.
Spice cake meant also silver cake
Notwithstanding eggs were so plenty
we were never permitted to waste
whites. For the silver cake, cream q
large cup of butter very light, adding
to it three generous cups Of warm
sifted sugar and half a cup of thick
cream. Beat hard five minutes, then
add the strained Juice of a large
lemon and four rather scant cups O.
warm flour sifted twice with half 6
teaspoonful of soda. Mix smooth
then fold in the whites of sever
eggs, beaten very stiff with a pinch
of salt and half a t%easpoonful o.
lemon Juice. Flavor with almond ant
rosewater-a spoonful of each. Three