Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-09
Fancy cakss and Desserts.

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C0LU1M, Oxford Democrat, South Psrass As
Fancy cakes and Desserts.
CUP CAKE WITH CARAwAY SEED DECO
RATIoNs.
For this cake the requirements are:
one cupful Of butter, two cupfuls OF
sugar, one cupful Of milk, four eggs,
three cupfuls Of -four, and ono teaspoon
full Of baking powder. Cream the butter
and sugar together; add the eggs, we'll
beaten; next the milk, and finally the
-four with which the baking powder has
been thoroughly sifted. Flavor with
vanilla. After the dough 10 In the pan,
dot II with strips Of citron.
For the fr0sting. dissolve one teaspoon.
full Of gelatin In little water, strain,
and stir In coniectioner's sugar until II
10 OF the proper consistency. Put the
froktipg on the cake with vet knife.
Mark . design on the frostIng and lay
on the caraway seeds.
SNOW PUDDING wITR ORANGE SAUCE.
Dissolve half box OF plain gelatin In
. pint of boiling water, sweeten to taste,
and flavor. When Il Is cold, add the
stiffly beaten whites OF two eggs, beat
until thick and white, and turn into .
ring mold to harden. Turn out at serv.
ing time, and fill tho center with oranges
cut up and sprinkled with sugar. Gar
uiah with whole sections, and serve with
soft custard made from the yolks OF the
eggs and favored with orange.
RICE soUFFLE.
Cook one cupful Of rice In quart OF
milk until tender, adding half . oupful
Of sugar and pinch OF salt. When cool,
beat In the yolks Of two eggs, then fold
in lightly the whites of four, beaten to .
stiff froth. Fill paper cups with this
mixture, sprinkle with powdered sugar
and bake about fifteen minutes. Gar.
nish with candied cherries.
GooD-LUCK CAKES.
Make q sponge cake mixture, and
bake 10 horseshoe tim; or stamp horse
shoes out Of sponge cake slices. Frost
10 delicate pink or white icing, and dot
with bits of chocolate icing to secure the
effect of nails.
APPLE SAUCE CAKE.
Dissolve two teaspoonfuls OF soda 10
one and one half cupfuls of unsweetened
apple sauce, and add one cupful of sugar,
one cupful Of seeded raisiDs, ono tea
spoonful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon
full of cloves, and one half cupful Of but.
ter; cook together for five niinutes;
take from tho fire and, whom cool, stir In
two cupfuls of -four into which two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder have been
sifted. Bake in loaf and cover with
marshmallow icing.
MAPLE PARFAIT.
Boil together three minutes . half
cupful Of maple strip, the yolks OF tive
eggs, and ateaspoonful of gelatin. Cool,
add the well-beaten whites of two eggs,
half pint Of whipped cream, and chill.
CHOCOLATE MARsHMALLOw PUDDING.
Soak . pint OF soft bread crumbs 10 q
quart of new milk, add one well.beaten
egg, three tablespoonfuls Of cocoa, o.
pinch of salt, and sugar to taste. Pour
into individual earthen pudding dishes
and bake about forty minutes. Have
ready pint of whipped cream, sweeten.
cd and favored, fold In half pound Of
msrshmallows cut In small pieces, and
heap On the puddings. Gsrnish each
with a whole marsLmsllOw and servo
Immediately.
WALNUT CREAM WELLS.
Make = plain pineapple gelatin, and
pour into small COCA or baking powder
cans to harden. At serving time, I'M.
mold, cut in three Inch lengths, and
with a warm knife and spoon re.
move the centre of each, leaving . we'll
of transparent jelly. Whip . half pint
OF cream, swesten TO taste and fold in Q
cup of broken walnut meats. Chill and
heap the mixture in tho wells, garnish
with whole walnut meats and serve with
Il tablespoonful of preserved pineapple
poured over each one.
BLACKBERRY JAN CAKE.
Cream together one cupful of sugar
and one half of q cupfui of butter, then
add the well-bssten yolks of two eggs,
two-thirds Of cupful OF sour milk In
which one teaspo0nful Of soda has been
one cupful OF black berry Jam,
and three cupfuls of -four. Bake in three
lay ers, and put them together when cool
with a filling and icing of whipped
cream favored to taste with vanilla.
Serve Immediately.
FIG FILLING FOR WHITE CAKE WITH
FRosTINa.
Grind fine one. half pound of figs, and
add one oupful of hot water, three.
fOurths Of . cupful of sugar, and the
juice of one lemon; cook lowly until OF
the consistency of y thick paste, then
remove from the fire, and while sill hot
spread between the layers OF the cake.
For the frostiDg, boil together for four !
minutes one cupiul of sugar and six |
tablespoonfuls Uf sweet milk, then add
ono teaspO0nful Of butter and take from
the fire; beat until thick, and add grad. |
uaIly enough lemon juice to give the de- |
sired flavor.
PORK CAKE.
To one pound Of finely ground fat
pork, add two cupfuls of boiling water,
two cupfuls Of sugar, one cupful Of bak.
Ing mUlasses In which two scant tea |
sponfuls Of soda have been dissolved,
one pound Of currsnts, one pound of |
seeded raisins, one pound Of chopped |
English wslnuts, two teaspoonfuls of |
and ono teaspoonful each of |
ground cloves, allspics, and nutmeg.
Add enough -four to make q stiff batter,
and bake 10 loaf form In q slow oven for
Oue hour and forty minutes.
STRAWBERRY RCLAIRs.
Make . cream put batter BY letting
one and one half cupfuls of water and |
lwo-thirds OF cupful of butter come to
} boil, and thickening 1t with one and
one-third cupfuls of -four; take from the
lre and, when tho mixture 10 almost
,old, beat into It three eggs, one at .
lime, and pour into muffin pans. Bake
10 = quick oven for thirty minutes.
When the puffs arc cool remove . bit of
the top of each and fill with preserved
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