The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04
WEDDING GOWN NOW PUZZLES MANY AN EASTER BRIDE
The Conflict Between the Traditional Lines and the Fashions of To-day
Offer the Chief PobEvn Cotton Used for Bridal
for BridesmadSoe Suggestions for the Modern Trousseau

cakes. Have ready seven or eight |
bananas peeled and sliced. and half a
pint Of thick cream whipped stiff. |
Flavor the cream with little rum. |
Fill the dish with the bananas and
cream, mixing In cupful OF stale
macaroo:. crumbs. Decorate the top
with strips of angelica radiating from
"a centre of candied cherries.
Banana Fingers-Beat four eggs.
yolks and whites, together thoroughly;
add the same weight Of butter. sugar
and -four. a pinch Of salt and a few
drops OF vanilla extract. H~at the in
gradients for ten minutes. being care
full To lap the mixture, not to stir II.
Spread this thinly on buttered shall
low pan over which -four and pow
dered sugar. have been busted. This
gives q dry. smooth surface to the
cake. Bake In a fairly quick oven.
When the cake liz cooled cut 1t into
narrow strips to simulate fingers.
Have ready some sliced bananas
spread them on the fingers. Top each
with two marshmallows: return them
TO the oven just long enough for the
marshmallows to become soft; remove
and cover with another finger.
Bananas in Paradise
custard OF one quart of milk. Put 1t
| over the fire with one cup Of sugar;
! bring to the boiling point and stir in
the beaten yolks of four eggs. stir
| constantly for "a moment and remove
| from the fire. Dip half dozen on
+ eight lady fingers in boiled icing to
make them stiff. Line a glass dish
| with these. Fill 1t halfway with
banana cubes with which has been
! mixed some bits of crystallised ginger.
/ Pour the custard over the top. Beat
the whites Of the eggs until stiff and
! stir into them four tablespoonfuls Of
| powdered sugar. Before piling on the
meringuc cover the bananas and GUS
tard with more lady fingers. properly
| frosted Color the meringuc by hold
! ing over it hot iron or plate.
Banana Fuf-Slice six large
bananas. sprinklinG them with sugar
! and grated cocoanut. then mash them
4 To n pulp. Fold in the whites of two
eggs that have been whipped to a stiff
froth. Turn into the freezer and turn
! the crank 1--WE minutes. Then add
one-half pint Of whipped cream and
/ the grated rind of one orange. Freeze
very hard and pack in small moulds
Serve on squares of spong" cake that
have been spread with raspberry jam.
Yellow Custard Jelly with Bananas
Put one pint Of milk in a pan with
one half ounce OF leaf selatine. Dis
solve the gclatine in tho milk. letting
1t boil up. add two ounces of sugar
"A h.r 1,e mil has ,,..nl.i littlr
and the sugar is dissolved stir in the
beaten yolks of four eggs: take care
not to let the mixture boil Flavor
with vanilla and when 1t begins to
thicken pour into bordered mould and
let ii set. Then turn ii out on a fiat
dish and fill the centres with whipped
cream mixed thickly with mashed
bananas. Serve Immediately.
Angel Cake dc I.uNe--Take ~ freshly
: made angel cake. Slice II into -four
horizontal layers. Fill each layer
with sliced bananas. moistened viii
whipped cream. Replace the layer
to form the perfect cake again anC
MI the centres with the following
Slice three bananas in very thin slice'
and mix witt. them bits OF Turkish
paste. Use sharp knife dipped II
Coufcc,ioncrS sugar to cut the paste
Add sufficient whipped cream to Ill
the centre of the cake and serve a.
soon "a possible.
!, \ pretty and successful dessert Il
made as follows: Select n large, rip
pineapple cut slice off tho top an'
scoop out the fruit. Place the shel
, aud cover on the ice to chill it thor
, oughly. cut the pineapple into SINAI
. pieces. Cut four bananas into THU
,liccs and mix them with the pine
= apple. Sprinkle generously Will
r powdered sugar. hdd onc-haf cup
A ful OF chopped walnuts and nil tn
pineapple shell with the mixture. Re
place the cover on top and set tn
g pincapplo on a bed ~ cracked ic'
. This dessert looks pretty as a centr
II dish for the table.
;, Spanish Banana Tart--Prcpare
rich tart crust. line patty tins Wit
II and III each form with wax bean
c to proven, tho paste from hlist'rn'
Rakc In quick oven and when the
>, become cool. nil with tho following
Slice sufficient hanauaS and arranl
q n layer ~ them in tho bottom of cac
tart shell. over this spread y ihi
lnycr of Ear-ic- due Jelly and ri
whipped cream, slightly swcetene
over top. Serve Immediately.